The United Nations says severe funding shortages have forced the World Food Programme to halve rations for Rohingya in Bangladesh. After the U.S. froze aid spending, rations for the persecuted Muslim minority will be reduced from US$12.50 to US$6 from April 1st.
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00:00Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are scrambling to respond to announcement that their food
00:05rations will soon be halved.
00:08The UN's World Food Program says it will cut monthly food vouchers for around one million
00:26Rohingya refugees starting April 1st.
00:29The agency says it's facing severe funding shortfalls after the United States froze aid
00:34spending.
00:35Since Myanmar's military crackdown in 2016, around 750,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh.