Strong and Sustainable Asylum Systems: Addressing Challenges, Enabling Protection and Solutions

As part of the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025, the second High-Level Officials Meeting, the Asylum Capacity Support Group (ACSG) is organizing a spotlight session on Strong and Sustainable Asylum Systems: Addressing Challenges, Enabling Protection and Solutions. The session will provide a moment to reflect on achievements, assess ongoing challenges and chart a practical path forward to fully realize the ‘Asylum Capacity – Asylum Capacity Support Group (ACSG) Multistakeholder Pledge ahead of the GRF 2027. The event will foster collective action by identifying opportunities for further collaboration and support needed from all stakeholders to address the challenges confronting national asylum systems.

Speakers

Moderator: 

• Mr. David Manne, CEO & Principal Solicitor, Refugee Legal

Speakers: 

• Ms. Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant High Commissioner-Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Ms. Nina Gregori, Executive Director,  European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA)
• H.E. Christian Guillermet Fernández, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office at Geneva
• Ambassador Amr Kamal Eldin ElSherbini, Assistant Minister for Multilateral Cooperation and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Egyptian Expatriates, Egypt 
• Representative of the Government of Chad
• Ms. Lizbeth del Carmen Guerrero Ramírez, Founding member and Board representative, Dialogue Mechanism between RLOs and UNHCR Mexico (MERLOS Mx)