Former German leader, Angela Merkel wins 2022 UN refugee prize

Former German leader, Angela Merkel wins 2022 UN refugee prize: Former German chancellor, Angela Merkel has won the 2022 United Nations refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen Refugee Award.

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Reason: For her determination to protect asylum seekers while in office.

In 2015 and 2016, Germany had welcomed the more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers of migrant crisis.

Nansen Award:

Established: 1954

This award was created to honour of the first UNHCR, Norwegian Arctic explorer and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen.

Prize: $150,000.