WORLD REFUGEE DAY - 20 JUNE



The theme for the World Refugee Day 2024 is -
"The way forward: A collective approach to addressing the health needs of refugees."

On the 50th anniversary of the Refugee Convention in 2001, the UN decided to observe 20th June as World Refugee Day. Basically aimed at a post-WW2 Europe, the 1951 convention was made applicable globally by an amendment in 1967...

Conflict, war, persecution, climate change, human rights violations, poverty and hunger etc., force people to migrate for survival, thus earning the tag of 'refugees'...

The Declaration of Human Rights ensures equal rights for all, and includes those of the displaced and migrants as well, in terms of basic necessities such as food, water, shelter and healthcare; education and employment whenever possible...

With over 117m people displaced just the last year, UNHCR puts refugees around the world this year at 37.6m, it having almost tripled over the last decade. The ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East have added to the existing woes...

While there may be justifications for nations to shy away from accepting refugees, certain aspects are worth considering...

Xenophobia, the tendency to groupism, proliferation, permanency, the discomfiture of sharing and the fear of depletion of host resources, all lead to negative impressions of outsiders, which get easily etched in minds. Also, the rise in minorities' numbers is often misinterpreted as a decline of the majority...

While the assumption that refugees usurp jobs and affect the housing rhythm is a mere myth, they remain vulnerable, especially women and children, targets for gender-based violence and exploitation...

UN has a daunting task at hand, given the fact that many refugees exist in countries within conflict zones and with limited resources, making aid and succour that much more difficult to reach. For instance, about three-quarters of all refugees under UNHCR are from just five countries - Afghanistan, Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine and South Sudan...

The ideal of a refugee returning home being subject to the cessation of the causes of displacement, UN currently facilitates local integration and resettlement...

"[Refugees] cannot be stopped, but they can and must be managed better, more humanely, protecting migrants' human rights whilst accepting states' rights to control their borders."

                             ~ Kofi Annan

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