Alert: A former refugee takes on a world in flight

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Alert 20 March 2026

A former refugee takes on a world in flight Barham Salih has spent much of his life crossing borders, first as a young Kurdish exile fleeing repression in Iraq, and now as the UN top official for refugees, confronting a world in which more than 117 million people have been forced from their homes. Read more

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