{"id":11136,"date":"2022-10-11T09:19:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=11136"},"modified":"2022-10-17T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:27:10","slug":"unhcr-appeals-for-greater-protection-to-people-fleeing-conflict-persecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2022\/10\/11\/unhcr-appeals-for-greater-protection-to-people-fleeing-conflict-persecution\/","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR appeals for greater protection to people fleeing conflict, persecution"},"content":{"rendered":"

GENEVA —\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span>In an opening speech to the UNHCR\u2019s Executive Committee, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appealed to member states to provide protection to people fleeing conflict and persecution, regardless of ethnicity and nationality.<\/p>\n

The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) reports the number of people forcibly displaced by armed conflict, violence, discrimination, persecution, and climate shocks has hit an all-time high of 100 million.<\/p>\n

High Commissioner Filippo Grandi says the climate emergency increasingly drives displacement, making life harder for those already uprooted. He says the link between climate change and displacement is clear and growing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see it in the Horn of Africa, for example, where people are forced to flee by a combination of conflict and drought \u2014 more than one million have been displaced in Somalia alone since January 2021. Around 80% of refugees are from countries that are most affected by the climate emergency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Most African refugees flee for safety to neighboring countries. However, many make the perilous journey to Europe in search of asylum and a better life.<\/p>\n

Grandi notes that they and refugees fleeing conflict and persecution from other parts of the world, such as Afghanistan and the Middle East, too often are turned back by European countries.<\/p>\n

He says the reception of these refugees stands in stark contrast to the generous welcome by European countries to some seven million Ukrainian refugees who fled Russia\u2019s invasion of their country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ukrainian crisis debunked so many myths that we have heard over the years from some politicians: \u2018Europe is full!\u2019 \u2018Public opinion is against taking in more refugees.\u2019 \u2018Relocation is impossible,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He says efforts to deny access to territory for those seeking asylum, often through violent pushbacks, must be rejected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also reject what we have heard some politicians on this continent tell their voters: that Ukrainians are \u2018real refugees\u2019 while others \u2014 fleeing similar horrors, but from different parts of the world \u2014 are not. There is only one word to define this attitude: racist,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Grandi adds failures on the part of member states to uphold their international protection obligations is deeply worrying and concerning.<\/p>\n

Source: VOA News\u00a0 \u00a0Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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