Roundup: WFP's reduction in food aid raises concerns in Jordan


AMMAN, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Refugees and experts in Jordan recently voiced concerns regarding food security and the host country's burden as the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) ponders food assistance cut.

"My eldest grandson already worked in the summertime to earn basic needs for our family, though he is only 14 years old," Um Tareq, a Syrian refugee told Xinhua on Thursday, worrying that the aid cut would leave her family no choice but to withdraw their grandson from school.

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