Filippo Grandi

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 01/10/2018

CEO of @WorldBank @KGeorgieva addresses UNHCR’s #EXCOM: “the very fact that I stand before you today means that we have a seismic change” in how humanitarian and development actors work together. https://t.co/EZjj54dWcS

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 01/10/2018

My opening statement at the annual session of UNHCR’s #ExCom. Focus on the global compact on refugees, which will help us translate the universal tradition of asylum into concrete measures to respond to refugee crises. https://t.co/OteAU5TJ4B

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 01/10/2018

“Amidst so much adversity, multilateralism has held its ground. Yet, as the Secretary-General said, we must reinvigorate it. I am proud that we at UNHCR are part of this effort, every day.” - From my opening statement at UNHCR’s Executive Committee annual meeting. https://t.co/a2G6Cley1b

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 30/09/2018

We are losing capacity to rescue people at sea in the Mediterranean. This is NOT what most Europeans want. Read our statement on this issue, and on disembarkation from the Aquarius. https://t.co/ntwG4t6pdC

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 29/09/2018

Farewell, Bill - a true internationalist, a diplomat with a heart. @IOMchief https://t.co/R5eLxCp08Q

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 29/09/2018

Very good news. Haiti ?? and Spain ?? have acceded to statelessness conventions - this is true progress in combating statelessness, which is a fundamental deprivation of human rights. @SpainMFA @JosepBorrellF @Haiti_UNOG @moisejovenel https://t.co/wixNfsF16S

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 29/09/2018

Solidarity, support and prayers from us at UNHCR for the people of Indonesia as another terrible natural disaster devastates their country . @Menlu_RI https://t.co/upov6UQEUc

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 26/09/2018

I join @MSF_Sea in thanking EU countries which have agreed to take refugees+migrants on the #Aquarius. But we need a predictable, shared disembarkation mechanism! And I also share their very serious concern for the decreasing capacity to rescue at sea. https://t.co/eEB4pOewVB

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 26/09/2018

Refugees are people with potential. And businesses can help unlock it. Here are some thoughts on how to do it. https://t.co/B7Iw9v3WM4

Filippo Grandi

@RefugeesChief - 25/09/2018

Congratulations to Dr Evan Atar Adaha for winning the 2018 #NansenAward: the son of a beleaguered country who has never given up; a surgeon that has put his skills and his life to the service of others, in the midst of war. What an inspiration! https://t.co/HLFhwoBNDY