As he prepares to step down after a decade as the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi sees “not only conflicts and emergencies affecting every region of the world, but also a crisis of global leadership, a failure of imagination and ambition, and a proliferation of populist speech that is numbing us to the plight of others,’ he writes in recent New York Times opinion piece.
He argues that greater support for countries that host refugees, particularly those with few resources, is needed.
“Ensuring that these countries can offer jobs, education, housing and other rights to refugees is not free, but it is a good investment. It gives refugees hope and a measure of stability. It enables them to become social and economic contributors. It equips them with the means to help rebuild their countries when they return home,” he wrote.
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