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Grandi

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2017-11-02

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2023-10-31

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1. “Refugees fled Afghanistan almost 40 years ago, but more than 2 million remain in Iran and Pakistan. The terrorist attack in Mogadishu last month was a grim illustration of the instability affecting Somalia. Some Somali refugees are returning and need support, but 800,000 still live in sprawling settlements or cities across the region. Young Afghans and Somalis are moving further afield as part ofmixed migratory flows. The sharp rise in forced displacement reflects weaknesses in international cooperation and declining capacity to prevent, contain and resolve conflicts. Competing interests are being pursued through proxy wars instead of being resolved through diplomacy and dialogue. Neglected local crises gather pace and become transnational, with broader implications.”

   2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source

2. “The cataclysmic conflict in Syria has driven 11 million people from their homes. Syria and Iraq today account for a quarter of all those forcibly displaced globally. New crises have developed in Libya, Mali, Ukraine, Yemen and the Lake Chad basin. Many have unfolded in ungoverned spaces, driven by varying combinations of poverty and underdevelopment, environmental degradation, inequality and persecution. In northern Central America, gang violence has become a main cause of displacement. Situations that appeared to have stabilized, including some that had seen voluntary repatriation movements, as in Burundi, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, have been affected by fresh crises, triggering new refugee outflows. At the same time, protracted crises have remained entrenched.”

   2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source

3. “That is why I am grateful to the Council and the Italian presidency for the opportunity to address the Council today. My predecessor's last comprehensive briefing to the Security Council as High Commissioner for Refugees was in January 2009 (S/PV.6062). In that briefing, he shared his concern that we might be entering a period of deepening and interlocking crises. Almost nine years on, that bleak prospect has become a stark reality. The number of people who are forcibly displaced worldwide is now approaching 66 million, up from 42 million in 2009. That includes 17.2 million refugees under the responsibility of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), representing a 70 per cent increase since then. A succession of major new crises has caused massive displacement across virtually all regions.”

   2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source

4. “Mr. Grandi: A few weeks ago, I was in Bangladesh, at the border with Myanmar, witnessing the most rapid refugee exodus since the massive population movements of the mid-1990s. It was a stark illustration of what happens when the root causes of conflict and violence are not addressed and when the relationship between a State and some of its people breaks down. The result is a human tragedy on a dramatic scale. Around the world, countries that border crisis zones are struggling to absorb the social, economic and political shocks of large-scale refugee movements, while the broader consequences of unresolved conflicts reverberate across and beyond regions. Protecting refugees is a binding obligation, reflecting core principles and shared values, but it is also a contribution to regional and global stability.”

   2017-11-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8083 (2017) · source