UN refugee boss urges donors to fill gap left by Trump aid freeze


FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks during press a conference in Beirut, Lebanon , October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency has appealed to donors to bring forward planned payments after the Trump administration put hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of donations on hold as part of its foreign aid freeze, the organisation's boss told Reuters.

Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, said he had asked European Union members and other countries with flexible aid procedures to accelerate their contributions to mitigate the effects of the U.S. freeze.

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