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UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law
UNHCR chief warns US deportations may breach international law amid global refugee crises and funding cuts that forced 5,000 job losses, affecting humanitarian efforts.
- On Monday, October 6, 2025, Filippo Grandi, who leads the UN refugee agency, spoke at the 76th session of the organization's Executive Committee in Geneva.
- Grandi warned that rising hostility to migrants and specific deportation practices—such as those in the United States—do not align with international law and reflect a broader erosion of respect in developed countries.
- He noted that ongoing turmoil and oppression in several countries, including those in South America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, have caused the global number of displaced individuals to reach 122 million—twice as many as a decade ago.
- Owing to major reductions in funding from the U.S. and other donors, UNHCR has eliminated about a quarter of its staff this year, resulting in close to 5,000 positions being cut.
- Despite challenges, Grandi praised U.S.-led peace efforts in Congo and noted over 1 million Syrian refugees have now returned home, signaling some cause for cautious optimism.
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UN refugee chief says US deportation practices violate the law
The head of the U.N. refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law, and criticized a wider “backlash” in some countries against migrants and refugees. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, used a speech to lament that drastic funding cuts and shortages have forced his agency, UNHCR, to slash nearly 5,000 jobs this year, or nearly a qua…
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UN refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law
The head of the U.N. refugee agency has suggested that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law.
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