Rohingya Refugees Face Food Aid Cuts in Bangladesh

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees and Bangladesh's pack camps are facing a big

drop in food aid starting this week.

Out of 1.2 million people stuck there, most were getting $12 a month per person, but now

it's a tiered setup we're about.

17% drop to just $7 based on family needs.

A third of the most vulnerable, like childhood at homes, keep the full $12.

The World Food Program rolled this out to make things fairer by matching aid to desperation

levels, and they insist everyone still hits the minimum of.

2,100 calories a day.

Officials say this isn't tied to last year's donor cuts that wiped out a third of their

budget, even though two-thirds of folks end up with less cash.

Refugees are sounding the alarm.

With parents like one dad of three kids already scraping by, now terrified their families

will starve, protests hit the camps, Tuesday, folks waving signs about hunger and demanding

full rations back.

Athletes officials worry this sparks chaos, like more illegal work or dangerous escapes.

These folks fled Myanmar's military crackdown back in 2017, with a U.S. call genocide,

and they can't legally work or go home safely.

Since the junta took over in 2021, past aid slashes in 2023 led to sky high malnutrition

in kids and close schools, fueling kidnappings and child marriages.

With funding at just 19% this year, desperation's boiling over, some eyeing risky boat trips

to Malaysia or even Myanmar returns.

The camp's future hangs on whether donors step up before things spiral further.

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