Refugees walk past Mae La camp in Thailand’s Tak province, near the Myanmar border, on January 29, 2012. (AFP)

‘America first’ in action: Trump’s aid freeze erodes an already anemic response to Myanmar crisis

An executive order by United States President Donald Trump has halted foreign aid programmes around the world, sowing chaos among the humanitarian community and its beneficiaries in Myanmar and Thailand.

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