UK accused of a ‘abandoning’ Rohingya with ‘catastrophic’ 40% aid cut

Children in overcrowded Cox's Bazar settlement likely to suffer most from reduced humanitarian spending, say campaigners

The government has been accused of abandoning Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after cutting aid to the humanitarian response by more than 40%.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) pledged 27.6m to the humanitarian sector's joint response plan launched this week, compared with 47.5m last year.