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U.N. refugee agency warns 11.6 million at risk in dire funding cuts

Financial aid and emergency relief deliveries have dropped 60% globally, as shelter programs are critically diminished.

Less than a quarter of the $10.6 billion that UNHCR says it needs this year to meet millions of refugees' needs has been funded. (AN/Salah Darwish/Unsplash)

GENEVA (AN) — Up to 11.6 million refugees and displaced people are in jeopardy of losing critical humanitarian aid this year, UNHCR announced, attributing the crisis to severe budget cuts. This figure represents approximately one-third of all people the organization assisted last year.

The U.N. refugee agency's report on Friday details a "deadly confluence" of escalating displacement, dwindling financial support, and political indifference, with women and children bearing the brunt of the crisis.

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