From camps to crops: US aid cuts reshape refugee life in Thailand
After decades of confinement to border camps, a small number of Burmese refugees are now working legally in Thailand. The Aid Report examines how U.S. aid cuts helped trigger the policy shift — and whether labor can supplement aid without exposing refugees to greater risk.
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The tax on being a girl [NYT] ↳
U.S. aid cuts have forced girls out of school and left women facing rising hunger, early marriage, and health risks in Uganda’s Rwamwanja refugee settlement, Nicholas Kristof writes.