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UN Refugee Agency Faces Critical Global Funding Crisis

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UN Refugee Agency Faces Critical Global Funding Crisis
AI SUMMARY

The UN Refugee Agency announced it is facing a severe global funding crisis, having received only 3 billion dollars out of the 8.5 billion dollars required for the year.

  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is facing a severe global crisis due to a lack of funding.
  • The reduction in financial support is impacting refugees and partner aid organizations worldwide.
  • The agency has reduced its staff from 20,000 to 12,000 over the past two years.
  • The agency has suspended the registration of Eritrean and South Sudanese refugees entering Ethiopia.
  • The agency has received only 3 billion dollars out of the 8.5 billion dollars required for the current calendar year.