 "Humanitarian crisis deepens as UNHCR faces funding shortfall; 11.6 million refugees at risk")
The United Nations refugee agency, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , warned on Friday that up to 11.6 million refugees are at risk of losing access to humanitarian assistance as a result of donor nation cuts in foreign funding.
According to the report, this is almost one-third of the refugees regularly helped by the UN agency.
“Our funding situation is dramatic. We fear that up to 11.6 million refugees and people forced to flee are losing access to humanitarian assistance provided by UNHCR,” said Dominique Hyde, UNHCR’s director of external relations.
According to the UNHCR, just 23% of its $10.6 billion budget demand has been met so far this year.
The financing problem is the result of massive foreign aid cuts by donor nations such as Sweden, France, and Japan, which have been compounded by significant US aid cuts.
Forced displacement is expanding internationally, while humanitarian help is rapidly reducing, producing a “deadly cocktail” that puts displaced communities at danger, according to a new assessment released by UNHCR on Friday.
The organisation stated that it has had to halt or postpone around $1.4 billion in aid programs, including a 60% drop in critical relief supplies in various countries such as Sudan, Chad, and Afghanistan.
Critical services being lost include medical treatment, education, housing, nourishment, and safety.
UNHCR funding cuts disproportionately affect women and girls, with the organisation having to eliminate one-quarter of its assistance to initiatives that safeguard and respond to gender-based violence.
Impact Shorts
View AllAccording to the UNHCR, cutbacks have disproportionately affected women and children in Afghanistan.
“Protection activities have been slashed by over 50%, undermining programmes on women’s empowerment, mental health and prevention and response to gender-based violence,” Hyde told the BBC.
Globally, the agency is shrinking by 30%, eliminating 3,500 people.
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