Rohingya refugees from Myanmar face soaring hunger and crime after aid cuts


Rohingya refugees stretch their hands for food near Balukhali in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. - Reuters

YANGON/DHAKA, June 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): Every day 5-year-old Jannat hunts for bottles and cans in the Rohingya refugee camp where she lives in Bangladesh - when she collects enough, she buys a snack to stave off her hunger pangs.

She is one of a growing number of children turning to garbage picking since the United Nations slashed rations for nearly 1 million Rohingya camp residents to just 9 cents a meal this month.

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