First marked in 2001, World Refugee Day is held every year on June 20. This year, the UNHCR theme is "1 refugee without hope is too many."
Tens of thousands of people around the world take time to recognize and applaud the contribution of forcibly displaced people throughout the world. The annual commemoration is marked by a variety of events in more than 100 countries, involving government officials, humanitarian aid workers, celebrities, civilians and the forcibly displaced themselves.
This year also marks the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on Refugees and 60 years of refugee resettlement in New Zealand.
"On World Refugee Day, let us reaffirm the importance of solidarity and burden-sharing by the international community. Refugees have been deprived of their homes, but they must not be deprived of their futures." - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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