Around the world, the right to seek safety from war, violence and persecution is under threat. Too many people are forced to make life-threatening journeys as they try to find safety.
We cannot stand by and watch this happen. Can you?
Act now. Call on world leaders to protect the rights of people fleeing war, violence and persecution
But we can all choose to raise our voices for refugees and uphold their human rights.
Do you look the other way when you see discrimination, injustice and violations of human rights?
Or do you take action?
people are forcibly displaced around the world.
live in low or middle income countries.
people were forced to flee across borders by the end of 2022.
Today, an unprecedented 110 million people have fled their homes due to war, violence and persecution. The total number of refugees worldwide rose by a record 35 per cent, reaching 34.6 million at the end of 2022.
We are witnessing rising hostility and xenophobia. The politicisation of refugees and asylum seekers in many parts of the world is leading to more negative sentiment and harmful consequences for refugees and asylum seekers.
Together, we must challenge this narrative and promote a more compassionate world for refugees and people seeking asylum.
We cannot do it alone. You too can make a difference. Sign our petition and urge global leaders to uphold their moral and legal obligations. Your voice can help ensure people fleeing war, violence or persecution can seek safety without discrimination.
Everyone has the right to seek and enjoy asylum. But for many people in many parts of the world this right is under threat. Solidarity with all refugees, everywhere, is needed more than ever to defend and uphold this right.
We are UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. And we ask you to stand in solidarity with people forced to flee and take action to give hope, protection and safeguard their rights.
This December sees a chance to advocate for change as world leaders will come together at the Global Refugee Forum in Switzerland to find solutions for refugees and people displaced from their homes. It’s not just a meeting for them: it’s a chance for all of society and you, too, to show your solidarity and urge leaders to uphold their legal and moral obligations for everyone forced to flee their homes.
Sign our petition now so that we can take your message to world leaders at December’s Global Refugee Forum and show them that compassion and humanity are stronger than fear and suspicion. With your voice added in solidarity, change is more possible.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to seek and enjoy asylum, without discrimination. This means that no matter who you are or where you are from, you have a right to seek and enjoy safety from war, violence and persecution. To find sanctuary and hope away from home.
However, not everyone seeking safety around the globe is currently able to find it. Far from being able to find the shelter so desperately needed, many men, women and children today face dangerous, life-threatening journeys and unacceptable harm. They find themselves pushed back towards danger, unwelcomed, vulnerable and left in limbo for years without hope or help.
We are witnessing increased hostility, unfair treatment and injustice that is putting the lives of many at risk and threatening the right to seek safety for too many people around the world.
We cannot stand by and watch this happen.
As the world’s leading organization protecting the rights of those forced to flee, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is calling for urgent action now to help ensure that people fleeing war, violence and persecution can access safe territory, can be swiftly granted refugee status where needed, can live with dignity and can enjoy their rights like healthcare, education and jobs – together with the communities hosting them.
We call on world leaders to honor their legal and moral obligations to help ensure people seeking asylum from war, violence or persecution, can do so without discrimination. We call on world leaders to act together. We call on world leaders to share responsibility so that countries hosting the vast majority of the world’s refugees are supported in fulfilling their longstanding commitments to protect, include and help refugees. These are largely countries with low and middle incomes that despite facing economic challenges of their own, have been honoring the right to seek asylum for decades, keeping their borders open to those who have been forced to flee. They need increased support and solidarity.
UNHCR’s Hope Away from Home Campaign is calling for world leaders to act together and with solidarity to prioritize:
Join our movement of solidarity to give hope to all those seeking safety across the world and UNHCR will deliver your urgent message to world leaders and decision makers at the Global Refugee Forum in December, a key moment where the international community will come together to pledge support for refugees and the countries and communities that host them.
The Hope Away from Home campaign asks States to amend policies and introduce new practices so that all people fleeing war, violence and persecution can find and live in safety, without discrimination.
Sign the petition to call for urgent action now to help ensure that people fleeing war, violence and persecution can access safe territory, can be swiftly granted refugee status where needed, can live with dignity, and can enjoy their rights like healthcare, education and jobs – together with the communities hosting them.
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