Rohingya refugees face soaring hunger and crime after aid cutsThe cuts — forced by a massive shortfall in funding — have stoked fears of a rise in acute malnutrition and child deaths in the world’s largest refugee settlementBy Emma Batha / Thomson Reuters Foundation, LondonEvery day 5-year-old Jannat hunts for bottles and cans in the Rohingya refugee camp where she lives in Bangladesh. She is one of a growing number of children turning to garbage picking since the UN slashed rations for nearly 1 million Rohingya camp residents to just 9 cents a meal this month. A group of Rohingya refugees on June 14 prepare for midday prayer at a makeshift camp in Kutupalong, Ukhiya Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Increasing hunger could also drive up child marriage, child labor and domestic abuse as tensions spiral. UN agencies and humanitarian groups want Bangladesh to lift its restrictions so the refugees can begin to support themselves.
