Filippo Grandi

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 29/06/2022

Very proud that UNHCR partnered with @UEFA in organizing the Unity Cup with 8 European ⚽️teams, bringing together refugees and players from their host communities. A great spirit between everyone! Football can play an essential role in refugee inclusion and integration. https://t.co/zfOaXluvLc

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 28/06/2022

I met many Ukrainian refugee children in the Czech Republic: it’s good to know that - thanks to their hosts - they’re safe and protected, but one cannot stop thinking of all the Ukrainian children whose lives are at risk every day in the bombed, besieged cities of their homeland. https://t.co/Gz1WgINQee

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 27/06/2022

Foreign Minister @JanLipavsky and I discussed some priorities of the upcoming Czech EU Presidency: increase humanitarian aid in Ukraine before winter and use positive lessons of the Ukrainian refugee response to build a solidarity-based approach to asylum and migration in Europe. https://t.co/u612XepGnL

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 27/06/2022

Happy to meet and thank Interior Minister @Vit_Rakusan who leads the government’s humane, effective response to the influx of 380,000 Ukrainian refugees into the Czech Republic. UNHCR will continue to support the authorities and civil society to ensure a sustainable response. https://t.co/wn81nVyPhO

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 26/06/2022

I am in Prague to hold meetings with the government just before the start of the Czech Presidency of the EU 🇪🇺. It will be an opportunity to also thank the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 for hosting, generously and effectively, one of the largest populations of Ukrainian refugees in Europe. https://t.co/TElgXuILoW

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 21/06/2022

I am in Liberia to thank @GeorgeWeahOff and all Liberians for hosting thousands of refugees from Côte d’Ivoire for years. Most have now returned home. The others will cease to be refugees but their stay will be regularized otherwise. A good solution to a displacement crisis. https://t.co/fxtdyoyfjq

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 20/06/2022

Thank you President @AOuattara_PRCI and thank you Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 for creating the conditions to end the exile of Ivorian refugees, and for having received back in the country the 310,000 who have already returned. A wonderful occasion to celebrate together #WorldRefugeeDay! https://t.co/ecJvADOM3y

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 20/06/2022

Merci au Président @AOuattara_PRCI et à la Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 d’avoir créé les conditions pour mettre fin à l’exil des réfugiés ivoiriens et d’avoir accueilli au pays les 310000 qui y ont déjà fait retour. La meilleure occasion pour célébrer ensemble la #journéeduréfugié! https://t.co/kC7fBp02Eh

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 20/06/2022

This little girl took my hand and walked across the border into her country. She was born a refugee, her parents had sought asylum abroad. Solidarity allowed her to grow up safely. Wise politics now allow her to return home. It should always be so. Today is #WorldRefugeeDay https://t.co/sI4CT61S4I

Filippo Grandi

@FilippoGrandi - 19/06/2022

Un moment historique: les autorités libériennes transmettent à celles de la Côte d’Ivoire les certificats de naissance des réfugiés ivoiriens nés au Libéria et rapatriés. Le plus grand privilège d’un Haut Commissaire pour les réfugiés est d’assister à la fin d’un exil. https://t.co/ixErcBDODk