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Trafficked, Exploited, Married Off: Rohingya Children’s Lives Crushed by Foreign Aid Cuts
U.S. aid cuts have forced closure of thousands of schools in Rohingya camps, increasing child marriage by 21% and child labor by 17%, UNICEF reports.
- This year, U.S. President Donald Trump’s severe aid cuts crippled education and child protection programs in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh near Cox's Bazar, leaving teachers and students devastated.
- U.S. policy choices drove much of the pullback, as the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID compounded funding cuts, while the U.S. State Department cites over $168 million provided and 11 countries increasing funding by more than 10%.
- Child protection monitors report that UNICEF lost 27% of its funding and shuttered nearly 2,800 schools, while verified child marriage and child labor rose, abductions reached 560, and 817 children were recruited by armed groups this year.
- Immediate consequences include thousands of underage girls married off or trafficked—some killed en route—and the World Food Program says rations are funded only through March, terrifying families.
- With movement barred by Bangladesh, a Lancet study warns U.S. aid cuts could lead to over 14 million deaths, including more than 4.5 million children, by 2030, as nearly a third of 1,340 Rohingya who fled this year have died or gone missing.
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Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs.
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Cecil DailyKidnapped, married off, robbed of hope: US aid cuts contribute to exploitation of Rohingya children
Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs
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