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UN High Commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, addresses staff at headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Photo: UNHCR/S. Hopper

SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO STEM GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS, SAYS NEW UN AGENCY CHIEF

With record numbers of refugees and displaced people worldwide, the new head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is urging greater diplomatic efforts to find solutions to the conflicts and abuses driving people from their homes. Read more


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