The food crisis could further exacerbate the world’s flood of uprooted people

What is being done to respond to the food insecurity crisis […] is of paramount importance to prevent more people from movinginsisted Filippo Grandi, at a press briefing.

He did not know how much but it will be manyunderlined the High Commissioner, presenting the 2021 annual report of the organization he leads.

The Russian-led war is wiping out the world of grain and fertilizer, raising prices and threatening millions of people around the world with starvation.

The effect, if not resolved quickly, is devastatingwarned Mr. Grandi, before recovering: Nakakasira na.

This labor disaster covers the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, the meeting in Geneva as well as the session of the Human Rights Council and the highest authority ofUN.

By the end of 2021, the world will have 89.3 million refugees and IDPs, more than twice as many as 10 years ago, including 53.2 million IDPs and 27.1 million refugees.

But Russia’s aggression has thrown between 12 and 14 million Ukrainians on the roads to seek refuge elsewhere in their country or abroad. A flow of people that for the first time crossed, in May, the bar of 100 million people in the world.

Every year over the past decade the numbers have continued to rise recollection of Filippo Grandi.

” Either the international community is acting to respond to this human tragedy, to end conflicts and achieve lasting solutions, or this dramatic trend will continue. “

Contrast the treatment of refugees

A huge outpouring of solidarity – from people and state – has welcomed Ukrainians across Europe. A contrast to the treatment usually reserved for refugees from other countries at war, Syrians or Afghans.

Mr. Grandi, remembering what the leaders had said to him we are full when refugees come from elsewhere, want to see there the sign that when we want we can.

I’m not naive, I understand the context and it won’t always be this way, but it proves the important point that the reception of refugees flowing along the coasts or on the borders of rich countries can be managed.he insisted.

He also referred to the role of politicians who helped the population accept Ukrainians instead of insisting that These people will come to steal your jobs, threaten your security and destroy your values.

When it comes to available financial aid, the difference is the same. Huge amounts are immediately available to help Ukrainian refugees, when they seem to be running out every timeUN in demand for severe crisis.

We cannot have an unfair answeras happened with vaccines against COVID-19, the High Commissioner estimates, to whom the donor countries have adopted everything we give you for Ukraine is more amounts promised for other crises.

So far, the numbers don’t show itadmitted Mr. Grandi, but he wanted to believe the money would come.

great concern for Africa

Filippo Grandi took the opportunity to repeat his great concern for the Horn of Africa and Sahel, two regions that combine everything that forces people to flee: conflicts, insecurity, poor governance and the often violent effects of climate change.

The Sahel is really the perfect illustration of how these things happen, a really vicious circle of many factors, said Mr. Grandi. Today, people are fleeing to their country or their neighbors, but I won’t be surprised if there is food insecurity on top of that we will see people leaving the regionhe warned.

The invasion of Ukraine Caused a severe blow to international cooperationaccording to Mr. Grandi.

Even if the fight was about to end – which he doubted – the cracks between the West and Russia and even between senior members of the Security Council are so serious that they will take a long time to heal.

At If it doesn’t heal, I don’t know how we can cope with this crisisasked the High Commissioner.