The United States’ decision to slash its foreign aid program has contributed to a sharp rise in abuses involving children trapped in Bangladesh’s refugee camps for members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority, The Associated Press found.
In interviews with 37 children, family members, teachers, community leaders and aid workers, the AP has documented an increase in child marriage, child labor, kidnapping and other violations against children since U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision in January to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.
