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October 11, 2022

U.N. Refugee Agency Makes Emergency Appeal as Number of Refugees Tops 100 Million
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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has made an urgent appeal for
funding, warning of "severe cuts" unless his agency raises another $700
million by the end of this year. Filippo Grandi said Monday that
Russia's invasion of Ukraine had pushed the number of people forcibly
displaced from their homes worldwide to more than 100 million. He said
that's led the U.N. refugee agency's annual budget to balloon to over
$10 billion.

Filippo Grandi: "And while the Ukraine response has been and must
continue to be well funded, this has to be the target for all
operations. Funding for new emergencies, like Ukraine, needs to be in
addition to, not instead of, the others."



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