UN's Volker Türk: 'We must see in the other a human being, and not dehumanize migrants and refugees'

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is reframing how the world should tackle its biggest crises. In an interview with France 24, Türk argues that migration, climate change, and governance aren't separate problems—they're symptoms of a shared crisis in solidarity and accountability. His message: see migrants and refugees as human beings, not statistics. Address one crisis, and you're forced to confront them all.

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