UN refugee agency has $3 billion of the $8.5 billion it needs this year, its chief warns
Oct. 12, 2026 — The UN refugee agency has received $3 billion of the $8.5 billion it needs this year as 117 million people are forced from their homes, and 8,000 staff have left since 2024, UNHCR chief Barham Salih said, UN News reported. "There is…a difference between doing more with less and being asked to do the impossible," he said. Refugee registration has been halted in Ethiopia for tens of thousands arriving from South Sudan and Eritrea.
The wall: Donor governments' responses were not included.
Tier: Reported (based on UN News' account of the UNHCR chief's statement)
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