Geneva (Reuters) – The UN Refugee Agency plans to reduce its budget by almost one fifth next year due to “financial restrictions”, even with the war in Sudan and other crises causing an increase in the number of people escape from their homes, according to their budget.
UNUR also plans to close its office in southern Africa and eliminate about 4,000 jobs, as cuts will leave it $ 8.5 billion to spend in 2026, below $ 10.2 billion by 2025, according to the online document on Monday.
The document did not go into detail about the restrictions. Humanitarian aid agencies were shaken by the cuts of financing from the main donors, led by the United States and other Western powers who prioritized defense spending, motivated by the growing fears in relation to Russia.
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The Geneva -based agency provides that the number of people are forcibly displaced and apostris will increase next year to a new global record of 136 million, compared to 129.9 million by 2024.
The closure of the office in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, will come into force on October 1 and other offices will absorb their operations, according to the document.
Southern Africa houses refugees escape from conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and those displaced by insurgency in northern Mozambique. Historically, the United States has been from afar the greatest donor of UNHCR.
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