World Refugee Day, held annually on June 20, honours the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict, persecution, or national disaster. It is an occasion to build public awareness, empathy and understanding for the plight of refugees and to acknowledge their resilience in rebuilding their lives.
Once they are out of harm’s way, refugees need opportunities to heal, learn, work and thrive in line with the Refugee Convention and the Global Compact on Refugees. This may include the chance to return home in safety and dignity, to integrate locally, or in the most vulnerable cases to be resettled to a third country.
To access case studies on refugees you can search the use platform database by SDG 10, or topic: Migration and refugees.