Trump’s Assault on Refugees
The consequences of the Trump administration's decision to stop funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East will be severe. Beyond reducing the agency’s capacity to deliver basic services to Palestinian refugees, it will threaten the region's already tenuous stability.
LONDON – The decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has politicized humanitarian aid, threatens to add yet more fuel to one of the world’s most combustible conflicts, and jeopardizes the futures of a half-million Palestinian children and young people.