‘There are lives on line’ after aid cuts – International Rescue Committee chief

David Miliband, president and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Keeping millions of people alive in the most vulnerable countries will require pulling some assistance for programmes in better-off countries that target everything from climate change to refugee resettlement, the head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has said.

The comments from David Miliband come as the world’s humanitarian organisations are triaging their shrinking amount of funding.