Profit --- Unfortunately in some cases humanitarian bodies may eventually end up negotiating access for profit. A recent example that comes to mind was a UNHCR initiative in one of the Greek reception islands, which negotiated with local organisations access to resources, and invited refugee women to sit together with a US congress delegation to discuss their access to international protection. This eventually ended up being a fundraising event with UNHCR and so any chance for meaningful negotiations among participating parties was in practice deceitfully denied.

Source author: Marianna Stamoulaki m.stamoulakis@gmail.com