Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees gives his remarks after attending a Security Council at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
GENEVA (Reuters) -Bowing to pressure to reform the refugee convention and asylum system would be a "catastrophic error", the head of the UN agency for refugees said on Monday.
"Putting the Refugee Convention and the principle of asylum on the table would be a catastrophic error," the High Commissioner of the UNHCR, Filippo Grandi, told member states during its annual meeting of the agency in Geneva on Monday.
