Speaking at the weekly press conference of the UN Geneva Office, Spokesperson of the Commission, Matthew Saltmarsh, announced the winners of the 2022 Nansen Refugee Awards.
Saltmarsh reported that the 2022 Nansen Refugee Prize will be awarded to Merkel, who opened Germany’s doors to 1.2 million Syrian refugees during the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016.
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In the Regional Nansen Awards, the African award went to the refugee Mbera Fire Brigade, who extinguished more than 100 forest fires in Mauritania, the Americas award to Vincenta Gonzalez, who served refugees for over 50 years in Costa Rica, and the Asia Pacific award to Myanmar. Meikswe Myanmar organization, which provides aid to many displaced civilians, and the Middle East and North Africa award goes to Dr. It was noted that it would be given to Nagham Hasan.
It was stated that the award ceremony is planned to be held in Geneva on October 10 and the value of the award to be given to Merkel is 150 thousand US dollars.
Merkel was awarded the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) peace prize on 24 August.
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