A Test of Humanity: Migrants’ Rights in a World Turning Inward By Inés M. Pousadela Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/test-humanity-migrants-rights-world-turning-inward/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=test-humanity-migrants-rights-world-turning-inward MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 25 2025 (IPS) - The United Nations Refugee Agency faces devastating cuts that may eliminate 5,000 to 6,000 jobs, with potentially catastrophic consequences for millions of people fleeing war, repression, hunger and climate disasters. This 75-year-old institution, established to help Europeans displaced by the Second World War, now confronts an unprecedented financial crisis, primarily due to the US foreign aid freeze – and the timing couldn’t be worse. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.