A new report notes the global refugee population is expanding faster than the capacity to provide children with an education.
GENEVA (AN) — A decade of hard-won progress in providing education to refugee children is now under severe threat from significant cuts to humanitarian and development aid, according to a U.N. report.
The U.N. refugee agency's report on Tuesday highlights a dual reality. Despite notable strides, a rapidly expanding global refugee population and severe lack of resources jeopardize future gains.
Financial aid and emergency relief deliveries have dropped 60% globally, as shelter programs are critically diminished.
Beyond official narratives and statistics are the complex realities and unexpected agency of displaced populations.
The U.N. refugee agency's loss of thousands of staff mirrors other Geneva-based agencies heavily reliant on U.S. funding.
The U.N. refugee agency says the people under its care more than doubled in a decade, reaching 36.8 million by last year.
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Among the cuts: USAID, $3.2 billion; international organizations, $521 million; democracy fund, $322 million.
To counter these threats, the U.N. formed an independent scientific panel to report on the effects of a nuclear war.
