The UN refugee agency will have to make deep cuts with dire consequences for displaced people around the globe unless it quickly receives $700m in new funding, the head of the agency said.
\nAccording to international media, the war in Ukraine has created millions of refugees, and there are now more than 100 million people who have been forcibly displaced in the world, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said. He said the crisis has caused his his agency\u2019s budget to balloon to more than $10bn.
\n\u201cI regret to inform you that for the first time during my tenure, I\u2019m worried about UNHCR\u2019s financial situation,\u201d Grandi said.
\n\u201cIf we do not receive at least an additional $700m, especially for our most underfunded operations between now and the end of this year, we will be forced to make severe cuts with negative and sometimes dramatic consequences for refugees and host communities,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the strongest of terms to all donors, please do more.\u201d
\nHe said the Ukraine conflict had spurred \u201cthe largest and fastest displacement crisis\u201d in Europe since World War II and added more than $1bn to the UNHCR\u2019s budget this year.
\nMore than 7.6 million Ukrainians have fled their country since Russia\u2019s invasion began on February 24. Grandi said he was worried about the impact of cold weather during the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s winter on 6.2 million people internally displaced in Ukraine.
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