Antonio Guterres (António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres) Quotes

We can't deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely.

Antonio Guterres

• People
• Choices
• Wells
• Manage
• Migration
• Arrivals
• Fleeing
• Deterrence

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• We can't deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely.

  

  Antonio Guterres
  • People
  • Choices
  • Wells