UN / SECURITY COUNCIL REFUGEES

02-Nov-2022 00:03:44
Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said that “the way Ukrainian refugees have been treated should not be an exception, should be the norm.” UNIFEED
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DATELINE: 2 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
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RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations

2 NOVEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Grandi seating, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine has driven the fastest and largest displacement witnessed in decades. Some 14 million people have been forced from their homes since the 24th of February. Ukrainians are about to face one of the world’s harshest winters in extremely difficult circumstances. Humanitarian organizations have dramatically scaled up their response, but much more must be done, starting with an end to this senseless war.”
4. Med shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“But it is not only Ukraine where conflict has driven people from their homes. In the past twelve months alone, UNHCR has responded to 37 emergencies around the world. Thirty-seven. Yet, the other crises are failing to capture the same international attention; outrage; resources; action.”
6. Med shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“And displacement is becoming increasingly complex. New factors are forcing people to flee, intersecting with traditional drivers of displacement: especially the climate emergency.”
8. Med shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“I fear that without more attention and much greater financing for prevention, adaptation, and development and governance support, tensions, frustrations, and competition will grow and spark wider conflict, with deadly consequences – including displacement.”
10. Med shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“The suffering, loss, and despair of 103 million uprooted people, and of many more, which my colleagues and I witness every day, Mr. President, are not the fantasy of an idealistic humanitarian worker. They are very, very real. Allow them to be a humble but compelling call to action.”
12. Med shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“What is the best way for you to assist us? The best way is to continue to work on these political solutions because this is something that we cannot do, but we expect you to strive to achieve so that then solutions are much easier.”
14. Med shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“The reception, the way Ukrainian refugees have been treated should not be an exception, should be the norm.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. Wide shot, Grandi walking to the stakeout
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“In respect to the Ukrainian outflow, Europe has dealt with it very well, proving the point that when there is a will, political will, and unity – because it was done in a very shared manner - it is possible to do it.”
19. Close up, hands typing
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations (UNHCR):
“The Ukrainian refugees were given access to services, were given freedom of movement across the Schengen space so they could go to places where they had communities, so, this was very facilitated. Then, rather than becoming more of a burden, it unburdens governments from some of their responsibilities. So, it is a good model.”
21. Wide shot, Grandi leaving the stakeout
STORYLINE
Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said that “the way Ukrainian refugees have been treated should not be an exception, should be the norm.”

Briefing the Security Council today (2 Nov), Grandi said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine had driven the fastest and largest displacement witnessed in decades.

He continued, “Some 14 million people have been forced from their homes since the 24th of February. Ukrainians are about to face one of the world’s harshest winters in extremely difficult circumstances.”

Humanitarian organizations have dramatically scaled up their response, Grandi noted, “but much more must be done, starting with an end to this senseless war.”

Grandi also highlighted that “it is not only Ukraine where conflict has driven people from their homes.”

He stated, “In the past twelve months alone, UNHCR has responded to 37 emergencies around the world. Thirty-seven. Yet, the other crises are failing to capture the same international attention; outrage; resources; action.”

Grandi also noted that displacement is becoming increasingly complex.

According to the High Commissioner, new factors are forcing people to flee, intersecting with traditional drivers of displacement, especially the climate emergency.

He continued, “I fear that without more attention and much greater financing for prevention, adaptation, and development and governance support, tensions, frustrations, and competition will grow and spark wider conflict, with deadly consequences – including displacement.”

He said, “The suffering, loss, and despair of 103 million uprooted people, and of many more, which my colleagues and I witness every day, Mr. President, are not the fantasy of an idealistic humanitarian worker. They are very, very real. Allow them to be a humble but compelling call to action.”

Grandi also said that the best way for Member States to assist is “to continue to work on these political solutions because this is something that we cannot do, but we expect you to strive to achieve so that then solutions are much easier.”

Talking to journalists after the Security Council, the High Commissioner reiterated that Europe has dealt very well with the Ukrainian outflow, “proving the point that when there is a will, political will, and unity – because it was done in a very shared manner - it is possible to do it.”

He concluded, “The Ukrainian refugees were given access to services, were given freedom of movement across the Schengen space so they could go to places where they had communities, so, this was very facilitated. Then, rather than becoming more of a burden, it unburdens governments from some of their responsibilities. So, it is a good model.”
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