First Global Refugee Forum
The first Global Refugee Forum (GRF), a two-day gathering of United Nations member states was held at Geneva, Switzerland, on December 17.
Global Refugee Forum
- The Forum, jointly hosted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, and the government of Switzerland, aims to debate and discuss the response of the world’s countries to the global refugee situation.
- According to the UNHCR, the first GRF is being held “at the end of a tumultuous decade in which the number of refugees has risen to over 25 million people worldwide”.
- The forum was the first major test of ....
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