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UNHCR calls for ‘new chapter for refugee protection’ across Europe January 13, 2021
File photo shows a UNHCR staffer welcoming resettled refugees originally from Syria and South Sudan at Lisbon airport in Portugal. courtesy UNHCR/José Ventura
GENEVA As Portugal assumes the presidency of the European Union (EU), to be followed by Slovenia later this year, the UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday called on them to lead the effort to forge a better protection system for those seeking refuge across the continent and beyond.
Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, UNHCR’s Representative for EU Affairs, also called for reform to be central during negotiations over a new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, and highlighted the importance of “an EU that saves lives, protects refugees in Europe and globally, and finds solutions to end forced displacement and build resilient societies is needed more than ever”.
UNHCR calls for greater EU solidarity with migrants
UNHCR calls for greater EU solidarity with migrants
Brussels, Jan 12 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday urged the European Union (EU) to show greater gestures of solidarity with migrants, and condemned the forced returns of undocumented immigrants by some EU member states. In a statement, the UNHCR Representative for Community Alliance Affairs Gonzalo Vargas Llosa highlighted the need for the 27 EU member states to help save lives, protect these people and find some solutions to halt forced displacement.
Likewise, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa asked Portugal and Slovenia, nations that are holding the EU s rotating presidency this year, to promote talks and initiatives that enable to set up a sustainable, viable and rights-based asylum system.