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Rohingya witness and experts: funding cuts and closed programs deepen crisis in Cox’s Bazar
Summary
At a House Foreign Affairs hearing, Rohingya advocate Lucky Karim described collapsing services in Cox’s Bazar camps, urged Congress to pass the Burma Gap Act, and witnesses warned US aid reductions have closed clinics and learning centers, increased trafficking risk, and undermined donor confidence.
Lucky Karim, a Rohingya community member and executive director of Refugee Woman for Peace and Justice, told a joint House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that cuts to humanitarian assistance have worsened conditions in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar camps, where she said more than 1,300,000 people live. "I was forced to flee my home at the age of 14 in August 2017 when the Burmese military waged a genocide attack against the Rohingya people," Karim said in oral testimony submitted at the hearing.
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