Global Agencies Mark World Refugee Day

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published on June 19 a video to mark World Refugee Day, which falls every year on June 20. Titled No Future At Home, the video says the Syrian conflict will not end “any time soon” and that three million people have been displaced from their homes in Iraq.

The footage shows scenes from conflict-torn areas in Iraq and Syria, and ICRC staff administering vaccinations and delivering aid supplies.

UN High Commissioner For Refugees António Guterres criticized global powers for taking a passive role “in the conflicts driving so many innocent civilians from their homes”, according to a statement. Credit: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)