Monday, September 07, 2015

UN Refugee Chief : History Will Judge Us Harshly Over Syria Crisis


THE TELEGRAPH: Peter Sutherland, the UN's special envoy for migrants and refugees, says this is not a temporary phenomenon

The flood of refugees into Europe from the Middle East and Africa has only just begun as states disintegrate in a maelstrom of religious war, the United Nations has warned.

"We cannot comfort ourselves that this is a temporary phenomenon," said Peter Sutherland, the UN's special envoy for migrants and refugees.

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