{"id":131724,"date":"2024-06-20T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/honour-the-strength-and-courage-of-refugees-urges-un-chief\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T09:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T06:00:44","slug":"honour-the-strength-and-courage-of-refugees-urges-un-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/honour-the-strength-and-courage-of-refugees-urges-un-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Honour the strength and courage of refugees, urges UN chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131724\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>A Sudanese refugee sits with her three-month-old twins at a UNICEF-supported breastfeeding and nutrition awareness centre in Eastern Chad. \u201cConflict, climate chaos and upheaval\u201d have forced more than 120 million people from their homes including 43.5 million who have fled across national borders said the UN Secretary-General in his message for World Refugee Day, marked on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a record number on the move \u2013 \u201cfuelling profound human suffering\u201d, Ant\u00f3nio Guterres added, while at the same time honouring their strength and courage. Drawing attention to the day each 20 June, is also about stepping up efforts to protect and support those forced from their homes \u201con every stop of their journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Equal opportunity<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\u201cRefugees need global solidarity and the ability to rebuild their lives in dignity\u201d, he continued. \u201cGiven the opportunity, refugees make significant contributions to their host communities, but they need access to equal opportunities and to jobs, housing, and healthcare.\u201d Youngsters need quality education amid the upheaval, and generous host nations also need resources so that refugees can be fully integrated into society and the labour force. \u201cLet us pledge to reaffirm the world\u2019s collective responsibility in assisting and welcoming refugees\u201d, uphold their human rights \u2013 including to asylum \u2013 and ultimately, help resolve the conflicts that are uprooting so many, the Secretary-General said.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Spotlight on Sudan: UNHCR chief<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) issued a special statement just ahead of the day, from the border between Sudan and South Sudan. \u201cThe picture is rarely as desperate as where I am now, in Jamjang, South Sudan. In recent months nearly 700,000 people have crossed from neighbouring Sudan, fleeing a devastating war that has taken their homes, their loved ones \u2013 everything\u201d, said Filippo Grandi. Rival militaries began fighting in and around the capital Khartoum in April last year fuelling a war in which well over 15,000 have been confirmed dead, and almost 9.5 million forcibly displaced, including nearly two million across Sudan\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fleeing brutal violence<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe last remaining city in Government hands in Darfur is enduring a brutal siege and the region\u2019s last functional hospital, in El Fasher, has been closed due to the fighting. Mr. Grandi pointed out that some South Sudanese had fled their homeland due to the civil war there and are now being forced back home to villages still struggling to recover. Others are Sudanese \u2013 teachers, doctors, shopkeepers and farmers \u2013 who must now navigate life as refugees.\u201cRefugees arriving at borders is not just an issue for rich countries.<\/p>\n<p>Three quarters of the world\u2019s refugees live in countries with low or modest incomes \u2013 it is false, and irresponsible, to claim that most are trying to get to Europe or the United States\u201d, he said. He said nations hosting Sudanese refugees show solidarity is possible \u201ceven under the most trying circumstances. I commend them for it. But they cannot do it alone. At a time of division and upheaval, refugees \u2013 and those hosting them \u2013 need us all to pull together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Keeping hope alive<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe UNHCR chief said there are still many reasons for hope, and the international day is also an opportunity to celebrate progress made. A bold new development plan in Kenya will transform legacy refugee camps into settlements where refugees will have greater opportunities to advance, he noted. And in Colombia, UNHCR is supporting a government system to include almost 2.3 million Venezuelan refugees who\u2019ve fled persecution at home in the labour market. \u201cIn Ukraine, we helped to build a platform that supports people who are cautiously returning to repair or rebuild their homes.\u201d Thinking long term is key, he added, focusing on sustainability, and working with governments, development partners and others. \u201cLet\u2019s not leave refugees in limbo; instead, let\u2019s give them the chance to use their skills and talents and contribute to the communities that have welcomed them\u201d, Mr. Grandi stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/06\/1151216\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/honour-the-strength-and-courage-of-refugees-urges-un-chief\/\">Honour the strength and courage of refugees, urges UN chief<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[4006,402,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-131724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-refugees","tag-un","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}