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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

UN slashes food rations for Rohingya refugees to just $6 a month

The United Nations’ food agency is planning to slash food rations for Rohingya refugees by more than half from next month, a move that has caused alarm among charities and residents at the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Bangladesh's chair for the agency overseeing the refugee camps, told The Independent that the World Food Program (WFP) has confirmed they would cut the monthly food ration funding to the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar by half, which will lead to “grave consequences for the community”.

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