Humanitarian disaster: 1.7 million Syrian refugees could go hungry in U.N. 'funding crisis'

 

Humanitarian disaster: Syrian refugees could go hungry in U.N. 'funding crisis'

By Josh Levs, CNN

updated 11:12 AM EST, Mon December 1, 2014

Syrian refugees board a boat bound for Turkey at a port in Kyrenia, Cyprus, on Sunday, November 23. Some 220 Syrian migrants crammed onto a fishing boat were rescued by a cruise ship off Cyprus' northern coast after their vessel hit rough seas in the Mediterranean Sea, authorities said.

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Syria's refugee crisis

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(CNN) -- More than 1.7 million Syrian refugees will face a food shortage due to a "funding crisis," the United Nations World Food Program said Monday.

The WFP had to suspend its program providing food vouchers, which refugees use in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt, the agency said.

The program needs $64 million "immediately," it said, adding that the repercussions of suspending the vouchers "will be disastrous."
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