Millions of lives are at risk from “savage funding cuts” by donors, the High Commissioner for UN for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, warning that already displaced women are at greater risk of rape and that children are at risk of being trafficked or dragged into early marriage.

“Harsh funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk. The impact on people trying to escape danger will be immediate and devastating,” High Commissioner Philip Grandi said in a statement, which did not name the main donor, the US.

The administration of US President Donald Trump has announced major funding cuts that have caused chaos around the world and whose impact on millions of vulnerable people is now beginning to be felt.