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Over 11m Refugees Risk Losing Aid Due to Funding Cuts
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, JUL 19 – UNHCR faces a $7.1 billion funding shortfall after receiving only 23% of its $10.6 billion target, risking cuts to aid programs for 11.6 million refugees worldwide.
- The United Nations refugee agency reported on July 18, 2025, that over 11 million refugees risk losing humanitarian aid due to severe funding cuts worldwide.
- These funding shortages stem notably from the Trump administration's cessation of USAID support and reductions to other aid groups since early 2025.
- The impact includes significant reductions in food rations at Kenya's Kakuma camp, where warehouses are nearly empty, and essential programmes like health and protection are being cut or suspended.
- UNHCR seeks $10.6 billion this year but has received only 23 percent, forcing cuts of $1.4 billion in aid and a staff reduction of 3,500 positions, nearly one-third of its workforce.
- These reductions threaten worsening conditions for refugees, including increased malnutrition, halted movements to safer areas, suspension of education for 230,000 children, and potential reversal of global health progress.
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