High Commissioner’s Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Statement by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Over the past year, we’ve witnessed the deadly impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the scourge of racism has also devastated many lives with tragic consequences. Violent and deadly attacks against Black,...
A decade of death, destruction and displacement must not sap our solidarity with Syrians
Statement attributable to Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ten years of the Syrian crisis have inflicted unimaginable human suffering and pain. The world has failed Syrians. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, leading a response to one of the...
Statement by the UN High Commissioner for refugees on Colombia’s new temporary protection measure for Venezuelans
By Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Thank you very much Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen. Mr. President, both you and the Secretary General used the term historical. I truly believe that here and today we are witnessing a gesture that is historic....