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UN Refugee Chief Condemns U.S. Deportations Amid Job Cuts
10/8/2025
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Story summary
- Filippo Grandi, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), condemns U.S. deportations as international-law violations.
- He cites funding cuts eliminating nearly 5,000 UNHCR jobs.
- Grandi says refugees face hardship; there has never been an easy year.
- U.S. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott defends Trump's policies as lawful.
- Grandi notes over 1 million Syrians returning home; Congo progress.
