Departing Head Of The UNHCR Claims Progress In Ten-Year Term

2025-12-17 02:09:29

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, claims to have made progress after ten years at the head of the UN agency in Geneva. But he also regrets not having been able to do more, as he leaves his post at the end of December. This content was published on December 17, 2025 - 16:03 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

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Among the successes, he mentions the Global Compact on Refugees, a follow-up meeting of which was held from Monday to Wednesday in Geneva. Even if some States criticise it,“everyone refers to it”, the Italian told the press on Wednesday.

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He also wants the European plan for asylum and migration to be applied, a policy that he says is certainly not“perfect”.“We could and should have done more” to improve conditions for refugees, he added.
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