WORLD REFUGEE DAY

About: 

• Date of observance: This day is observed on the 20th of June every year.
  
  
• Objective of the day: To celebrate the stories and contributions of refugees.
  
  
• Theme this year: Step with Refugees - Take a Step on World Refugee Day.
  
  

Key statistics:

• According to the latest annual study released by the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 70.8 million children, women and men were forcibly displaced at the end of last year. This is the highest number in the organization’s almost 70-year history.
  
  
• Wars, violence and persecution have driven record numbers of people from their homes worldwide.
  
  
• Almost two thirds of those uprooted from their homes are internally displaced people who have not left their homelands.
  
  
• About 80 percent of these refugees live in countries neighbouring their country of origin.