In Search of Safety: 82 Million People, Including 35 Million Children Have Become Refugees

Why they flee from their countries and how you can help them?

Hangama Amiri, an Afghan-Canadian artist, and former refugee, is the designer of the 2021 World Refugee Day Twitter emoji. © UNHCR/Ashley Le

20 June is World Refugee Day, it’s the day of honor the more than 80 million people who have been forced to flee war, conflicts, and persecution and rebuild their lives far from home.