World Refugee Day 2023
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World Refugee Day 2023 focuses on solutions for refugees and the power of inclusion.
Our objectives this year are:
Theme
Objectives
Hope away from Home
A world where refugees are always included
De l’espoir loin de chez soi
Pour un monde où les réfugiés auront toujours leur place
ENGLISH
SPANISH
FRENCH
ARABIC
Надежда вдали от дома
Мир, в котором всегда заботятся о беженцах
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Esperança longe de casa
Por um mundo inclusivo com as pessoas refugiadas
Esperanza lejos del Hogar
Por un mundo inclusivo con las personas refugiadas
PORTUGUESE
RUSSIAN
HINDI
SWAHILI
CHINESE
Matumaini mbali na Nyumbani
Ulimwengu unayojumuisha wakimbizi kila wakati
为被迫流离失所者点亮希望
一个永远包容难民的世界
घर से दूर भी उम्मीद
एक दुनिया जहां शरणार्थी हमेशा शामिल हों
Hope away from home – a world where refugees are always included
Tagline
แม้อยู่ไกลบ้าน แต่ยังมีความหวัง
โลกที่รวมผู้ลี้ภัยอยู่ด้วยเสมอ
THAI
Hoffnung fern der Heimat
Für eine Welt, die an der Seite von Flüchtlingen steht.
GERMAN
#RefugeeDay
#WorldRefugeeDay
#WithRefugees
#مع_اللاجئين
يوم_اللاجئ_العالمي#
#Aveclesréfugiés
#JournéeDuRéfugié
#ConLosRefugiados
#DíaDelRefugiado
#Weltflüchtlingstag
#GiornataMondialeDelRifugiato
#ComOsRefugiados
#HariPelarianSedunia
#HariPengungsiSedunia
#世界難民の日
#세계난민의날
#วันผู้ลี้ภัยโลก
#DiaDosRefugiados
#विश्वशरणार्थीदिवस
Our main hashtags remain #WorldRefugeeDay and #WithRefugees
Hashtags
#️⃣
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We can all do more to give refugees more hope – and more opportunities – while they are away from home. Including refugees in the communities where they have found safety after fleeing conflict and persecution is the most effective way to support them in restarting their lives and enable them to contribute to the countries hosting them. It’s also the best way to prepare them to return home and rebuild their countries, when conditions allow them to do so safely and voluntarily, or to thrive if they are resettled to another country. Let’s commit to including refugees in our schools, workplaces, health care systems, and beyond.
ACCESS
SOLIDARITY
SOLUTIONS
Including refugees in our communities means ensuring they can apply for jobs, enrol in schools and access services like housing and health care. Refugees need the chance to learn and progress at school, earn a living and live a healthy life.
We all benefit from human connections and a sense of belonging. For refugees far from home, feeling welcomed sows hope. Host communities can open their doors and their hearts to refugees to make them feel valued.
The world is short on long-term solutions for refugees, leaving millions living in limbo. Refugees need peace to be able to return home, more chances to resettle in a new country, or opportunities to thrive in the communities where they have found refuge.
What gives refugees hope?
Hope away from home – a world where refugees are always included
Key messages
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What do we mean by solutions?
After reaching safety in a foreign country, far too many refugees are left in limbo. They need more peace and fewer wars so they can return home safely. More chances to resettle in a new country. More freedom and opportunities to thrive in the communities where they have found refuge. Each of these solutions requires inclusion from the start.
What do we mean by inclusion?
No matter how long they remain in exile, refugees want to carry on with their lives – by getting an education, providing for their families, forging friendships with neighbours. Actions like these give them hope, and skills. Refugees want opportunities, not handouts. They wish to be self-reliant, and are eager to use their talents and passions to contribute to the communities hosting them.
What do we mean by hope?
Hope is not an idle wish. It’s a sense of becoming that is rooted in action. We give refugees hope when we empower them to take greater command of their daily lives.
What’s getting in the way?
Refugees may face barriers to participating in the social, economic, and political life of the communities hosting them, especially if they come from a different culture, religion, or ethnicity. These obstacles can take the form of racism, xenophobia, or competition for jobs or natural resources. Many host countries and host communities need greater investment and support to ease tensions and ensure that refugees can be fully included. At the same time, the political will to make peace and find more solutions for refugees is in short supply, preventing large numbers of refugees from returning home.
What’s the bottom line?
The cost of exclusion is far higher than the cost of inclusion. Refugees do not want handouts, they want opportunities. Refugees make positive contributions and boost economies. Many are brimming with creative ideas and the energy and desire to be active economic agents, able to provide for themselves while contributing to their host country’s economy – if only given the chance.
Key messages
This year for World Refugee Day, we are asking our audiences to give, create or advocate.
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Audiences can donate to our Aiming Higher scholarship fund to give refugees opportunities to access higher education. See slide 13.
Audiences can share our content to amplify the message that we need more inclusion and solutions for refugees.
See slides 9, 10 and 11.
Audiences can submit designs to our global art contest in partnership with UNIQLO on the theme “hope away from home.” See slide 14.
Call to action
GIVE
CREATE
ADVOCATE
Social media assets – Our social media pack includes social media messaging, graphics, gifs and videos showcasing what home away from home means to refugees. Most content can be published as of June 15. Some pieces (eg refugee led video) are embargoed until June 20. In addition, here’s a link to our 2023 WRD Giphy pack.
Posters – We provide the pdf and png versions of posters in 4 languages. In addition, partners can also use these canva templates Photo Portrait – Text Portrait – Photo Landscape – Text Landscape. Note that the WRD logo cannot be altered. If you are a partner of UNHCR and wish to add your logo, please liaise with your UNHCR focal point: logos should have equal prominence, and we recommend adding an explanatory line above the partner’s logo to clarify your involvement e.g. supported by X.
Pack of photos – This pack contains a selection of photos from different regions. To access Refugees Media, you need to log in or create an account first.
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Visuals
Refugee voices video: �“What gives you hope?”
Social media videos
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This video compiles individual 10-12 second clips filmed vertically on smartphones with refugees from different countries sharing what gives or has given them hope during their displacement journey. The tone will be uplifting and hopeful.
Main links to share:
Explainer video: �“5 Ways to Include a Refugee”
This short 90-second video, narrated by a refugee, will feature five practical tips for including refugees in host communities. The tone will be informative. It will be shared across platforms, with a special push on Linkedin.
Main links to share:
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If you would like to be involved, please contact Pauline Eluère: eluere@unhcr.org
Art Contest UNIQLO
UNHCR and UNIQLO organize a t-shirt design contest on the theme “hope away from home” - launch 15 June!
Participants aged 10 to 30 are invited to join. The contest has just been launched on June 15 and submissions are open until September 30. The best designs will be printed onto t-shirts to be sold in UNIQLO stores and displayed during the GRF, raising funds for refugees.
Colleagues and partners are encouraged to organize drawing sessions with young refugees and local supporters during and after WRD. Please let us do if you plan drawing sessions, so we can add them to our calendar.
UNHCR is giving a push to its Aiming Higher campaign, which gives refugees access to scholarships
Having access to education is a key way for refugees to be included. But despite an increase in recent years, only 6% of refugees have access to higher education. On World Refugee Day, audiences can be asked to donate to our Aiming Higher scholarship fund to give refugees opportunities to access higher education.
Partners can:
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For more information about Aiming Higher, please contact Anna Petursdottir: petursdo@unhcr.org
Aiming Higher Fund
Physical Ribbons
To show solidarity with refugees and build on the success of the ribbons used at the Oscars, UNHCR will be distributing ribbons to its offices.
If you wish to produce your own ribbons for your employees, or because you are organizing an event on World Refugee Day, you can identify a provider and follow the specifications below.
100 mm
140 mm
15 mm
Blue Pantone 300C
Virtual Ribbons
We have also created a digital file of the ribbon, which you can use on web or social media. Access the file here in EN, FR, AR, ES
Solidarity ribbons
World Refugee Day is a great occasion to organize events, panels and activities to help refugees.
Cities can light up their buildings blues, organize solidarity races and festivals. Private partners can mobilize their employees for solidarity or fundraising events.
If you are a partner and would like to share an idea, please reach out to your UNHCR focal points or to hqwrd@unhcr.org
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Events & activities
Goodwill ambassadors – Pass the Phone
This year, UNHCR is asking some of its Goodwill Ambassadors and high-profile supporters to create bespoke social videos centering refugees voices on their own platforms in order to amplify key WRD messages.
Each video features a Goodwill ambassador or high-profile supporter introducing a refugee who then tells their own story: “I’m going to pass the phone to refugee TK to hear what gives them hope away from home…”
Main links: Twitter -Facebook - LinkedIn - Instagram - TikTok
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Other relevant projects
YouTube – We Were Here
UNHCR is partnering with YouTube creators to launch a series of three short documentary-style videos for release starting June 20. The aim is to change perceptions about refugees, inspire solidarity, and motivate viewers to take action!
Global Trends Report
UNHCR’s flagship report on global forced displacement will be released on Wednesday, 14 June, at 03:01 GMT.
Allies and welcomers
Refugees can't do it alone. Allies and welcomers can help create scholarships, provide training and jobs, forge social connections, rally friends, or donate money.
Ask people in your community: “What can you do to give refugees hope?”
Inclusion prepares refugees to excel once solutions are available. Just as crucially, it empowers them to thrive in the meantime and contribute to the communities hosting them.
Feature refugee voices to give human insight into the question: “What gives you hope away from home?”
Refugee storytellers
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👇🏽Example: “With this new opportunity, I’m now very motivated and I have a reason to live.” Jorge found hope through a local integration programme in Mexico. [link]
👆🏾Example: “I know that I am on the right track.” Tidjani found hope through the university corridor project in France. [link]
Solutions for refugees can include voluntary return, local integration, and resettlement – or other means like family reunification or visas to study or work.
Feature refugees who are finding hope through opportunities like these.
Showcasing solutions
Storytelling ideas
Questions? Contact hqwrd@unhcr.org |