High Commissioner for Refugees bankrupt: for every 100 euros for a refugee, 80 are spent on salaries and various

UNHCR's accounts don't add up: too much waste, despite generous donations. The Americans alone contribute $3,6 billion a year. Furthermore, the cost of subcontracting services provided to refugees weighs heavily.

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Immigrant expenses at risk of bankruptcy of the UNHCR High Commission for Refugees

EXPENSES FOR IMMIGRANTS –

Something doesn't add up in the accounts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Under the UN banner, it is assisting the biblical wave of immigrants fleeing war-torn countries. "Financially, we're flat out," Commissioner Antonio Guterres announced. And the English newspaper The Guardian speaks explicitly about the risk of bankruptcy, with 1,3 billion dollars that would be needed just to deal with this new phase of the emergency and no one knows exactly where to find it.

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HIGH COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES IN BANKRUPTCY –

UNHCR leaders have also decided to solicit wealthy ItaliansThose with assets exceeding €1 million (according to ISTAT, this represents 219 citizens) are encouraged to donate something to concretely contribute to the organization's expenses. On the other hand, the most generous people, even when it comes to immigration, are the Americans, who contributed $3,6 billion last year.

UNHCR SUBCONTRACTS –

But where is it? How does the gap in the High Commissioner for Refugees form? In practice, for every 100 euros allocated to a refugee, only 20 end up directly in his pockets, while the rest is dispersed in a thousand rivuletsFirst of all, the enormous expenditure on personnel, then marketing and advertising (all UNHCR executives become highly visible in world public opinion). and finally a mechanism, which does not seem very transparent, of subcontractingThe police station, in fact, does not manage the assistance itself, but subcontracts it to international NGOs. And this double step leads to a multiplication of costs, which have now become unsustainable.. So: even the High Commissioner for Refugees, like many supranational institutions, suffers from the same old disease: too much money, in this case mostly of donations from citizens, wasted, that do not go to the right destination.

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