Noor Kaida, a 17-year-old Rohingya refugee, poses inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
An aerial view of a Rohingya refugee camp, home to over a million of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority, is pictured in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugee bride Mushorofa is escorted by her father to her husband's house on her wedding day in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A Rohingya refugee girl sells goods at her stall inside a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugee 13-year-old Rahamot Ullah, his eye bloodied from a bamboo stick that pierced it 10 days earlier while slogging through sewage, speaks to The Associated Press inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugee girls attend a class at their school in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugee school teacher Noor Zia speaks to The Associated Press as she sits inside a classroom next to a drawing of the Myanmar flag inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A Rohingya refugee woman walks with her child inside the Rohingya refugee camp, home to over a million of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugees carry food rations inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Ten-year-old Rohingya refugee Mohammed Arfan, left, sells snacks inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugee girls attend a class at their school in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A Rohingya refugee girl walks past a hutment covered with plastic sheets marked with USA inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A Rohingya refugee boy plays with a soccer ball inside a Rohingya refugee camp, home to over a million of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Thirteen-year-old Rohingya refugee Rahamot Ullah collects plastic waste from a drainage canal inside the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugees walk through a busy street inside a Rohingya refugee camp, home to over a million of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya minority, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugee women buy vegetables from street vendors in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugees wait with their collected food rations before taking them home in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Rohingya refugee children leave their school premises after finishing classes in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Mohib Ullah, father of 13-year-old Mohammed, shows his son's school books inside their shelter in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Brown sandals of 13-year-old Mohammed are propped against the wall, alongside sparkly pink sneakers belonging to his sister, inside their shelter in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
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9:37 PM on Tuesday, December 16
By MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU
UKHIYA, Bangladesh (AP) — Deep cuts to foreign aid by U.S. President Donald Trump this year, compounded by reductions from other donor countries, have led to the closure of thousands of schools and youth centers in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, severely weakening child protection programs. As a result, girls have been forced into marriage, children as young as 10 have been pushed into hard labor and some girls as young as 12 have been forced into prostitution. The U.S. State Department said it has provided more than $168 million in aid to the Rohingya since Trump took office, citing efforts to improve efficiency and share the burden among donors.
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