Over 11m Refugees Risk Losing Aid Due to Funding Cuts
GLOBAL, JUL 18 – UNHCR reports only 23% of its $10.6 billion funding needs met for 2025, risking aid cuts to 11.6 million refugees worldwide amid rising displacement and donor reductions.
- Up to 11.6 million refugees are at risk of losing access to humanitarian assistance due to funding cuts from donor nations, according to the United Nations refugee agency on July 18.
- Only 23 percent of the UNHCR's funding requirement of $10.6 billion has been fulfilled for 2025, leading to significant program cuts.
- Major funding cuts from donor nations have resulted in severe reductions in aid initiatives.
- Women and girls are disproportionately affected by funding cuts, with UNHCR cutting a quarter of its assistance to programs addressing gender-based violence.
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Catholic Charities Fort Worth to continue refugee efforts
Fort Worth, Texas, skyline. / Credit: The Safety Kingpin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Houston, Texas, Jul 18, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Catholic Charities Fort Worth (CCFW) announced July 17 that it will continue leading the Texas Office for Refugees until September 2026, reversing an earlier decision to step down later this year due to challenges imposed by the Trump administration’s funding cuts to refugee programs. The move follows urgen…
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