{"id":4359,"date":"2026-06-20T09:16:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gihr.org\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T09:16:48","slug":"geneva-20-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gihr.org\/?p=4359","title":{"rendered":"Geneva, 20 June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/gihr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-20_10-28-35-1024x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gihr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-20_10-28-35-1024x474.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gihr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-20_10-28-35-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gihr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-20_10-28-35-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gihr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-20_10-28-35.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Geneva, 20 June 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Until Everyone is Safe&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>World Refugee Day 2026 arrives at a moment when the promise of safety is being tested across the world. Seventy-five years after the adoption of the 1951 Refugee Convention, that promise remains among the clearest commitments the international community has made to itself: that those forced to flee across international borders will not be returned to danger, and that they will be afforded the means to live in dignity during their exile. That commitment was forged from the ashes of war, not for one region, one generation, or one people, but for all of humanity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today, the need for that assurance is more acute than ever. According to the latest UNHCR report, the number of refugees now exceeds 43 million people, among them families uprooted by war in Sudan, violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and widening crises in Ukraine, Afghanistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Myanmar, and elsewhere. When those who flee are denied protection, the consequences compound: families are pushed onto dangerous routes, children lose years of education, women and girls face heightened risks, and host communities are left without the support they need. Protecting refugees is therefore not an act of compassion alone; it is a condition for stability and peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Until Everyone is Safe,&#8221; the theme of this year&#8217;s commemoration, is a call to keep that promise alive in conscience and in action. It calls on governments to maintain fair and accessible asylum systems, on donors to sustain life-saving support, on communities to welcome those forced to flee, and on each of us to defend the principle that safety must not be contingent on nationality, wealth, race, religion, gender, political opinion, or migration status.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Protection is only complete when refugees can live free from fear, rebuild their livelihoods, contribute to their communities, and, when circumstances allow, return home voluntarily, safely, and with dignity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Approximately 43 million people have fled across international borders and are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol. Low and middle-income countries host 71 per cent of the world&#8217;s refugees, while the least developed countries provide asylum to 25 per cent of the total. As of mid-2025, Sudan represented one of the world&#8217;s largest refugee crises. Three in four refugees live in countries facing severely high climate-related risks, compounding the dangers already facing those forced to flee.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geneva, 20 June 2026 &#8220;Until Everyone is Safe&#8221; World Refugee Day 2026 arrives at a moment when the promise of safety is being tested across the world. 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