Aid agencies are warning that Rakhine State will soon see people starving, reports Northeast Bylines. As a result, the World Food Programme has issued an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a “full-blown disaster”.
Zoya Phan, BCUK’s Programme Director, told Northeast Bylines: “International donors must immediately reverse long term aid cuts to camps hosting Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Existing donors must increase funding for both refugees in Bangladesh and internally displaced civilians in Rakhine State. To be able to do so, Bangladesh must lift restrictions on cross-border aid delivery for Rohingya, Rakhine and other civilians who cannot be reached from central Burma. Rakhine State is facing imminent threat of famine and needs urgent attention. World leaders must not ignore it.”