The Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh risks dire food shortages as U.N. officials indicate significant cuts to food rations starting in April. Each person may receive a mere 18 pounds of rice, along with limited lentils, cooking oil, and salt for the entire month. The situation has been exacerbated by the Trump administration's freeze on aid, which has critically hampered humanitarian response. Many European countries are also reducing aid, focusing more on military spending amid geopolitical tensions, leading U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to warn of a looming humanitarian crisis with potentially fatal consequences for the refugees.
With the announced cuts in financial assistance, we are facing the dramatic risk of having only 40 percent in 2025 of the resources available for humanitarian aid in 2024, he said, addressing a crowd of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees. That would be an unmitigated disaster. People will suffer, and people will die.
Many European nations are also cutting humanitarian aid, as they focus on increasing military spending in the face of an emboldened Russia.
The Trump administration's freeze on aid has overwhelmed humanitarian response at a time when multiple conflicts rage, with aid agencies working feverishly to fill the void left by the U.S. government, their most generous and reliable donor.
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