UN hails ‘decisive shift’ in refugee assistance
The UN hailed Wednesday a “decisive shift” in the approach to helping surging numbers of displaced people, after a summit ended with billions in donations and concrete promises to simplify refugee integration. The Global Refugee Forum opened in Geneva on Tuesday to shore up international support for world’s some 26 million refugees. In all, it said more than 770 pledges were made for financial support but also for things like improving refugee access to employment, education, electricity, infrastructure and promises of more resettlement spots for the most vulnerable. UNHCR said it had received pleadges of more than $4.7 billion by the World Bank Group, and $1.0 billion from the Inter-American Development Bank. In addition, a broad range of states and other entities had jointly pledged more than $2.0 billion.
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