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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed and Shaikh Azizur Rahman

World Food Programme halves food rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh

Refugees queue for aid at a distribution point
Rohingya refugees gather to collect relief materials from a distribution point in the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been slashed in half by the World Food Programme, days after refugees in Kenya protested against a reduction to their rations.

The WFP, which is funded entirely by voluntary contributions and provides assistance to more than 150 million people, said it did not have enough funds to continue to provide the full ration so would be reducing the food voucher to 726 Bangladeshi taka (£4.60) per person, from 1,515 taka.

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