Scoop: The budget freeze is part of almost $700 million the U.N. refugee agency already received from the United States.
BRUSSELS (AN) – The U.N. refugee agency has frozen $300 million of its budget due to U.S. President Donald Trump's dismantling of U.S. foreign aid, impacting 600 staff to be transferred or lose their jobs.
The budget freeze is part of almost $700 million that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees already received from the United States. The Trump administration directed UNHCR not to spend any of it while a 90-day pause and review of all U.S. foreign aid is conducted.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
Scoop: The cuts result from Trump abolishing Biden-era efforts to save lives through legal U.S. immigration options.
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.
