79.5 Million. 1 in 97.

Those numbers are huge. They are those forcibly displaced.

26 million refugees. 45 million internally displaced.

In the immensity of those numbers, don’t forget to care about each person on #WorldRefugeeDay

More @RFInstitute: https://www.religiousfreedominstitute.org/blog/world-refugee-day-remembering-the-people-at-the-center-of-the-global-displacement-crisis
World Refugee Day: Remembering the People at the Center of the Global Displacement Crisis —...

une 20th is noted each year as a commemoration of World Refugee Day. With the global displacement of people at record levels, it is appropriate to have a day set aside to reflect on the reasons for...

https://www.religiousfreedominstitute.org/blog/world-refugee-day-remembering-the-people-at-the-center-of-the-global-displacement-crisis
After six years as IDPs more Yazidi families are returning to Sinjar, Iraq, even though it is still far from being stable and secure with a revived economy and returned basic services.

https://twitter.com/ezidi2/status/1274324265207246848?s=21 #WorldRefugeeDay https://twitter.com/ezidi2/status/1274324265207246848
Others have been stuck in transit and now face forced expulsion: https://twitter.com/murad_ismael/status/1272887856575516674?s=21 #WorldRefugeeDay https://twitter.com/murad_ismael/status/1272887856575516674
Syrian refugees and IDPs might look like this, which might make you both laugh and cry, but I hope most of all care: https://twitter.com/jomanaqaddour/status/1274054329679388677?s=21 #WorldRefugeeDay https://twitter.com/jomanaqaddour/status/1274054329679388677
Here is a good thread from @BansariKamdar that provides some more breakdown of the numbers on #WorldRefugeeDay https://twitter.com/bansarikamdar/status/1274380060661858304?s=21
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