UN grants Nansen Refugee Award to former German Chancellor Merkel

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UN grants Nansen Refugee Award to former German Chancellor Merkel

STORY: UN grants Nansen Refugee Award to former German Chancellor Merkel DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of displaced refugees (from UNHCR) 2. various of refugees settling in Germany (from UNHCR) 3. various of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel (from UNHCR) STORYLINE: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday announced that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. The selection committee said it was recognizing Merkel's "leadership, courage and compassion in ensuring the protection of hundreds of thousands of desperate people" as well as her efforts to find "viable long-term solutions" for those seeking safety, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by the UN refugee agency. Under Merkel's leadership, Germany welcomed more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015 and 2016 -- at the height of the conflict in Syria and amid deadly viole

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