UNHCR’s unprecedented US $700m funding gap spells catastrophe for millions

Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to make cuts to its lifesaving aid to refugees and other forcibly displaced people in a number of operations across the world.

UNHCR is particularly concerned about the funding gaps in the Middle East as winter approaches.

Further cuts in cash assistance will impact 1.7 million people in Lebanon, Jordan and Yemen, with thousands of families unable to cover the cost of heating or warm clothes.