The UN is sounding the alarm as funding cuts threaten essential services for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, highlighting the critical need for international support amidst rising global crises.
A UN agency warns that Chad’s maternity care services are overwhelmed by a massive influx of refugees fleeing the Sudan civil war, with limited resources and increasing risks for women and girls. Funding cuts further threaten vital services.
Sudanese refugees in Egypt are caught in a difficult dilemma, forced to choose between essential food aid and education for their children due to severe funding shortages impacting UNHCR’s support programs. The number of refugees has surged while per capita aid has plummeted, placing vital services at risk of suspension.
UNHCR reports a record number of Rohingya refugee deaths at sea in 2025, with an estimated 5,000 lives lost in the last decade due to perilous journeys fleeing persecution in Myanmar. Efforts to find solutions are urged as safe return remains impossible.
Around 600,000 Sudanese refugees are rebuilding their lives in Uganda’s Kriandongo camp, facing harsh conditions and limited aid while striving for a new beginning.
