GENEVA (AN) — Funding cuts are beginning to dismantle refugee protection systems in some of the world’s largest displacement crises, putting nearly 8.3 million people at risk of losing assistance as the U.N. refugee agency faces a $5.8 billion shortfall.
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, said on Tuesday that registration systems, safe houses for survivors of gender-based violence, child protection programs and support for people returning home are already being reduced or suspended.
