The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, warned on Wednesday that many conflicts could become out of control and very violent in 2023, which will increase the complexity of the situation of refugees and displaced persons.
Poverty, food shortages and climate change will be aggravating factors in crises such as those in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Myanmar (formerly Burma), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Horn of Africa, the Sahel and Central America, he considered.
“Restrictive policies, the growing polarization around asylum policy and damaging narratives about refugees are causing great damage,” Grandi was quoted as saying by the Spanish news agency Efe.
The number of people who have had to leave their homes due to persecution, wars and human rights violations has exceeded 100 million this year, clearly showing the failure of the international community to find lasting solutions to conflicts. and protect fundamental rights, he said. the United Nations High Commissioner.
Filippo Grandi also highlighted that donors, both state and private, have shown more generosity than ever this year, but the needs of forcibly displaced people have grown even faster, forcing the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR) to make difficult decisions about priorities.
Forced displacements have become a global challenge aggravated by the fact that many conflicts have been burning for a long time, and Grandi argued that the solutions go through the integration of refugees and displaced persons into host communities, their relocation to third countries and return to their places of origin. countries if conditions permit.
Given the position of some countries that do not comply with their international obligations, the high commissioner defended that the body he leads will continue to defend the principles of the 1951 Refugee Convention, and asked that other organizations and agents do the same.
The moment for the States, the private sector, civil society and financial institutions to reaffirm their commitments to this cause will be the II Refugee Forum, which will be held in December 2023, he recalled.
Source: TSF
