The United Nations urged European countries not to demonise refugees by rejecting or blaming them as a group responsible for Friday's attacks in Paris, stressing that the majority of them are fleeing conflict themselves. The organisation also expressed alarm over reactions by some states backtracking from former commitments to manage the refugee crisis, reported Reuters.

UNHCR's chief spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said, "We are deeply disturbed by language that demonises refugees as a group. This is dangerous as it will contribute to xenophobia and fear." She also said that she was deeply concerned by the "yet unconfirmed" report that one of the attackers involved in the Paris bloodshed may have entered as a refugee.

In Paris, on the same day, US secretary of state John Kerry said that the ceasefire envisioned through political deliberations would help efforts to fight the Islamic State and end the Syrian conflict, reported the Associated Press. Calling it a “gigantic step", Kerry said that a ceasefire in Syria could be weeks away. Millions of people have fled from Syria, which is in the throes of a civil war as well as ISIS operations. “We're weeks away conceivably from the possibility of a big transition for Syria. We are not talking about months, we are talking about weeks hopefully," Kerry said.