Tag: Filippo Grandi
UN Weekly Roundup: 24–30 September 2022
United Nations – Editor’s note: Here’s a quick snapshot of what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the UN’s perch. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy briefs the Security Council Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that Russia must be completely isolated internationally for its sham referendums […]
Norwegian Refugee Council Announces $2.5 Million Hilton Humanitarian Award for 2022
To date, the Hilton Foundation has awarded more than $41 million to awardees. NRC joins a list of 26 award winners, including CAMFED, Homeboy Industries, METAdrasi, SHOFCO, icddr,b and The Task Force for Global Health. In the award, Jan EgelandThe Secretary-General of the NRC said: “We are honored to receive this prestigious humanitarian award at […]
The global transition will reach a record 89.3 million in 2021: UN report
and more than two-thirds (69 per cent) came from just five countries: Syria (6.8 million), Venezuela (4.6 million), Afghanistan (2.7 million), South Sudan (2.4 million) and Myanmar (1 .2 million). “Every year in the last decade, the numbers have risen,” said the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Filippo Grandi. In its report, UNHCR stressed that […]
Latest developments in Ukraine: 23 May
For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flash point Ukraine. Recent developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All times EDT: 02:00: Russian citizens can express their dissatisfaction with the way the war against Ukraine is going, the British Ministry of Defense predicted on Monday, based on the number of casualties suffered […]
According to the UN, the number of refugees fleeing Ukraine is 2.5 million
He said the UN refugee agency needs about $ 500 million for its emergency work in Ukraine and neighboring countries, adding that it has so far received more than $ 300 million, of which nearly $ 200 million is from individuals, businesses and foundations. Calling the war nonsensical, Grandi wrote in a tweet: “The number […]
Finland is preparing for the rise of Ukrainian refugees
“Finland may be a bit on the edge, and I’m not sure how the fact that we are Russia’s border neighbors affects how attractive Finland is,” he commented. press conference Migri, Finnish Red Cross and Ministry of the Interior. Minna HulkkonenHowever, the head of migration at the Interior Ministry said the number of people arriving […]
Desperate location in the surrounded port city – hear the latest about the war
The organization Doctors Without Borders warns of a catastrophic situation in the Ukrainian Mariupol. More than 1.3 million refugees have left Ukraine, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told Reuters that this is the fastest growing refugee crisis we have seen in Europe […]
UN refugee organization warns of growing violence and human rights abuses at Europe’s borders
Violence, assault and assault continue to be reported regularly at a number of entry points at land and sea borders, inside and outside the European Union (EU), despite repeated calls from UN agencies, including the UNHCR, intergovernmental organizations and NGOs to end such practices. . We are concerned about the repeated and consistent reports coming […]
