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The First Refugee to Lead the UN Refugee Agency Calls This a 'Very Difficult Moment in History'
UNHCR faces a funding crisis as U.S. support drops from $2.1 billion to $800 million, challenging aid for 30 million refugees, says chief Barham Salih.
- The UN Refugee Chief urged safeguarding the 1951 refugee convention, describing it as a moral and legal duty, on assuming his role.
- Because of recent donor cuts, U.S. funding to UNHCR fell from $2.1 billion to $800 million, with a refugee program suspension in 2025 and a 7,500 entries cap.
- Salih has visited refugees in Chad and Kenya while UNHCR counts 117.3 million forcibly displaced people from 194 countries and supports about 30 million refugees.
- With shrinking funds, UNHCR is adopting a cost-effectiveness strategy as resources are significantly constrained, and Salih emphasized the vital role of church and faith-based organizations in protection efforts.
- As the agency's first refugee leader, Barham Salih said Monday the world faces a very difficult moment and appealed to common humanity, expressing hope shaped by his own refugee experience.
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ROME — The first refugee to lead the U.N. refugee agency said Monday the world faces “a very difficult moment in history” and is appealing to a common humanity amid dramatic change. Repression of immigrants is growing, and the funding to protect them is plummeting. Without ever mentioning the Trump administration or its policies directly, Barham Salih in an interview with The Associated Press said his office will have to be inventive to confront…
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The first refugee to lead the UN refugee agency calls this a 'very difficult moment in history'
The first refugee to lead the U.N. refugee agency tells The Associated Press that the world faces a “very difficult moment in history.”
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