Refugee Day: Large (UNHCR), everyone can make a difference

(ANSA) - ROME, JUNE 19 - "On this World Refugee Day, I urge the international community to show solidarity and act more effectively globally to ensure inclusion and assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons, stateless persons and host communities. Whoever you are.
   Wherever you come from. Each of us can make a difference.
   Every gesture really matters. " This is the message launched by Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in view of the 2020 World Refugee Day which will be celebrated worldwide tomorrow "in the context of a dramatic world crisis. Not only do we record a number of people forced to flee from their own houses never so high, but we are witnessing a world struggling with Covid-19 ".
    In recent months, "mobilizing aid and assistance has been fundamental to prepare for and respond to the pandemic. And we have witnessed how countries and communities around the world have included refugees in national health response plans. It is now equally crucial to ensure the inclusion of refugees and displaced persons. in socio-economic plans to respond to the pandemic, now more necessary than ever ", explained the UN High Commissioner. "The Global Compact on Refugees has laid a solid foundation on which to implement these plans.
   We have already been able to see their effectiveness at the moment in bilateral donors, international financial institutions, private exporters have responded to the crisis by guaranteeing unprecedented levels of support through the governments of the countries of This support must continue and be increased "and" it is also necessary to invest more in the countries of origin to make the return of refugees a viable option ". (HANDLE).