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The head of the UN body for protecting refugees, the UNHCR, is counting on Germany among other countries for funding, amid a rise in the need for humanitarian aid, UNHCR head Filippo Grandi told dpa in Geneva on Saturday. “I know that there is in Germany at the moment a complex discussion on the budget,” Grandi said. “I’m assuming that Germany does not intend to cut funding for humanitarian aid.” Both houses of the German parliament are to debate a revised draft budget early next month after a Constitutional Court ruling to the effect that the previous draft was unconstitutional in relation to…

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