The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned today that countries focused on helping Ukraine should not ignore crises in other regions, which could be exacerbated by the war.
THE Filippo Grady stated that the “colossal crisis” in Ukraine will increase the number of internationally displaced well to more than 84 million at the end of 2021, with about 6 million refugees from Ukraine and 8 million internally displaced.
«Unfortunately, the global displacement crisis is intensifying. I think an important message… is that there is not only Ukraine and we should not forget the rest“Grady said while attending a meeting of EU Development Ministers in Brussels.
«First of all because Ukraine has an impact on many other fragile situations, which makes them even more fragile, food security, energy crisis, price increases, instability and then this in turn can cause more displacementHe said.
Grady called on EU members and other countries not to reduce development aid abroad due to higher costs associated with the crisis in Ukraineas to deal with the influx of refugees, something Sweden did for example.
«If we do this and at the same time weaken the response in other areas, it will boomerang. Then we will have higher costs to cover in other areasHe said.
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