filippo grandi

• Afghanistan

Funding for aid programs in Afghanistan has dried up since the Taliban takeover and experts have warned of an impending humanitarian crisis. The UN had originally aimed for $600 million in funding.

• Afghanistan
• Syria
• Turkey

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is visiting Turkey. The country hosts the largest number of refugees worldwide, including more than 3.5 million Syrians and hundreds of thousands of Afghans.

• Afghanistan
• Germany
• Greece

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called on countries around the world to defend the principles of the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Various experts have expressed concern over the convention being ignored and habitually breached.

• Italy

UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi says Italy has promised to resume evacuations of the most vulnerable migrants and refugees from Libya. Evacuations were reduced due to the pandemic.

• Italy

During a visit to Italy by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese expressed a willingness to step up shared initiatives for refugee reception and humanitarian corridors.

• Canada
• Germany
• Ghana

Alphonso Davies has come a long way from a refugee camp in Ghana to playing for Bayern Munich. Now, the 20-year-old football pro has been named "goodwill ambassador" by UN refugee agency UNHCR.

• Syria

After ten years of conflict, half of the Syrian population has been forced to flee home, the UN refugee agency UNHCR has highlighted. 70% are living in poverty.

• Afghanistan

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged the world to keep its focus on Afghanistan. Following a visit to the country, he also called for solutions for the 2.4 million Afghan refugees in the South Asia region.

• Switzerland

UN refugee chief Filipp Grandi has called on countries to be more generous in taking in people in need of protection. Grandi also lambasted governments for their xenophobic tendencies, which he said must not dominate asylum policy.

• Congo - Kinshasa
• Greece

A top refugee council slammed members of the UN Security Council for employing "kindergarten politics" at a time of global crisis. The UN’s refugee commissioner told DW "decisive action" is needed for displaced people.

• Syria

After nine years of tragedies, resilience and solidarity, the world must not forget displaced Syrians, said UNHCR, which emphasized that "the Syrian people continue to experience acute tragedy."

• Afghanistan
• Iran
• Pakistan

The chief of the United Nations has urged the world to "step up" and match Pakistan‘s compassion for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for 40 years and is the world‘s second-largest refugee-hosting country.