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UN to cut aid to Syrian refugees due to ‘unprecedented funding crisis’
Syrian refugees line up to register their names at an employment office, February 18, 2018, at the Azraq Refugee Camp, 62 miles east of Amman, Jordan
THE United Nations food agency is slashing its financial aid for 120,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan’s camps because of an “unprecedented funding crisis.”
The World Food Programme (WFP) said that from August, the monthly cash allowance for residents at the Zaatari and Azraq camps will be cut from $32 (£25) to $21 (£16).
It follows an announcement from the agency last week that it would gradually cut off 50,000 refugees in Jordan from its assistance altogether.
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