World Refugee Day is celebrated every year on 20 June. This day is celebrated all over the world to honour refugees and make people aware. In fact, many times such a situation arises that thousands and millions of families are forced to stay away from their homes. The United Nations started celebrating World Refugee Day for such refugees. Today we will tell you when and how this day started.
world refugee day
World Refugee Day is celebrated for refugees on 20 June all over the world. Let us tell you that the main purpose of celebrating this day is to acknowledge the strength, courage and determination of refugees. According to the information, the United Nations had decided to celebrate ‘World Refugee Day’ on 20 June in December 2000. Since then, World Refugee Day is celebrated every year on 20 June.
what is its history
In the year 2000, the United Nations decided to celebrate World Refugee Day on 20 June in the month of December. Let us tell you that a separate organization has been formed in the United Nations, which is named United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This organization of the United Nations works to help refugees around the world. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees tries to provide facilities like camps, education, medical and other things to the places where refugees live.
Let us tell you that World Refugee Day is a day dedicated to those people who are forced to live outside their home due to some compulsion and face many problems there. It has been seen in many countries around the world that people have been forced to leave their homes due to disaster, flood, any epidemic, war, violence and other reasons. The United Nations has dedicated this day to help such people around the world and their struggles. Not only this, these refugees are inspired, they can go to other countries and start their life again. So that they and their family get a new life there and they can also get better facilities to live life.
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