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n style=”color: #ff6600;”>Africa-Press<\/a> – Ethiopia<\/a>. <\/strong>March 3\/2021 ( ENA) The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme (WFP) are appealing for 266 million USD as they have been forced to cut food rations by up to 60 per cent. A funding shortfall is putting the lives of some three million refugees in eastern Africa at risk, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The situation is further compounded by COVID-19 lockdowns and containment measures, they said, which have reduced food stocks in markets in refugee camps, and limited refugees\u2019 ability to support their families through casual jobs and small businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pandemic has been devastating for everyone, but for refugees even more so\u201d, said UNHCR\u2019s Regional Bureau Director for the East, Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes, Clementine Nkweta-Salami said.<\/p>\n

The office covers 11 countries, home to some 4.7 million refugees, a staggering 72 per cent of whom face food cuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless more funds are made available, thousands of refugees including children will not have enough to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nkweta-Salami said refugees have adopted negative coping strategies to meet their basic food needs, such as skipping or reducing meals, taking out high-interest loans, selling assets, child labour and increased domestic violence, adding \u201cthere is often a desperation and a feeling of no alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, WFP has been forced to cut monthly assistance to refugees in six countries, ranging from 16 per cent to up to 60 per cent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never had such a terrible funding situation for refugees\u201d, said Regional Director for Eastern Africa, Michael Dunford.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a 266 million USD shortfall for the next six months for refugees\u2019 minimum needs. We are deeply concerned that if cuts continue, they will be faced with a very difficult decision: stay in the camps where food and nutrition security is deteriorating, or consider risking going back when it is unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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