The New York Times
By Hannah Beech
Reporting from Bangkok
Feb. 12, 2025
President Trump’s moves to pause refugee resettlement,
freeze foreign aid and suspend funds to promote democracy have added
more chaos to one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises.
The world’s largest refugee camp is in Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have sought shelter after fleeing Myanmar. It was built with the help of U.S.A.I.D., an agency paralyzed by the Trump administration.Credit...Reuters
The family of four refugees filled seven suitcases for their new life in America. They packed blankets, tin plates, one blade for clearing the land in their future home and one for chopping meat. They left behind what they were not supposed to bring: slingshots, fish paste, traditional medicines from their native Myanmar.