19/07/2025
Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan
Download logo Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. Globally, $1.4 billion of the agencyrsquo;s programmes are being shuttered or put on hold, UNHCR said in a new report. ldquo;We can't stop water, you canrsquo;t stop sanitation, but we're having to take decisions when it comes, for example, to shelter,rdquo; said UNHCR Director of External Relations Dominique Hyde. ldquo;We're have people arriving on a daily basis from Sudan, from the Darfur regionshellip;arriving in Chad, not able to be given any shelter.rdquo; In an urgent appeal for flexible...
