COVID will have longer lasting impact on displaced people - the UN's refugee chief speaks to Radio Davos

Jun 20, 2021

UNHCR Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva speaking during the Session: Redesigning Humanitarian Action: Beyond the Crisis at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 18, 2017.Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary

Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Image: WEF/Sikarin Thanachaiary

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