U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday marked World Refugee Day with a global call to remember the plight of nearly 60 million people forcibly displaced last year by conflict and persecution.
In a statement, Ban urged the global community to honor “our common humanity,” while celebrating “tolerance and diversity.”
He linked the unprecedented migrant turmoil to ongoing conflicts in Syria and crises in Iraq, Ukraine, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Nigeria and parts of Pakistan.
“This means that one in every 122 human beings today is either a refugee, internally displaced or seeking asylum,” he said. U.N. data show that on average, …read more
Source: Voice of America
