28/07/2021 (Agence Europe) – “Thanks to the Convention, millions of lives have been saved. 70 years after it was drafted, it is crucial that the international community stands up for its principles,” said Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on Wednesday 28 July, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. In a statement, Grandi said that he was, “alarmed by recent attempts by some governments to ignore or circumvent the principles of...