Scoop: The cuts result from Trump abolishing Biden-era efforts to save lives through legal U.S. immigration options.
BRUSSELS (AN) – The U.N. refugee agency has frozen $300 million of its suspended U.S. funding, ending cooperation in a U.S.-led program that had helped give legal options for Latin American refugees and migrants.
The decision impacts 600 jobs and reflects a need "to mitigate liquidity risks should U.S. payments remain delayed," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in an email to his global staff on Wednesday.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
Scoop: The budget freeze is part of almost $700 million the U.N. refugee agency already received from the United States.
Other U.N. agencies that have been cited as potential replacements for UNRWA all agree it is irreplaceable.
Scoop: UNHCR's directors scrambled to tighten its budget because of the Trump administration's 90-day aid stoppage.
Experts agreed science and diplomacy need to evolve to build trust, solve problems, and promote national interests.
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
