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Developing countries could stop welcoming refugees as western nations cut aid

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It's been one year since the Trump administration first froze funding for the United States Agency for International Development. USAID has since been gutted: 83% of its foreign aid programs no longer exist; the remainder were transferred to the State Department.

Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Charlotte Slente, secretary general of the Danish Refugee Council.

This segment aired on January 21, 2026.

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