The first events for #WorldRefugeeDay have kicked off in the Rohingya refugee camps in🇧🇩
Over the next few days, community events across the camps will bring people together to honour the strength & resilience of refugees and to call attention to everyone's right to seek safety.
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- We were pleased to welcome 🇳🇴 Amb. Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen visited the refugee camp near Cox's Bazar this week, where he heard refugees' stories, and we had the opportunity to share insights on the SAFE+2 programme, refugee protection, and shelter & site planning efforts.
- Only a few more days until #WorldRefugeeDay on 20 June, a day to recognise the enduring strength & resilience of refugees worldwide💙 This year, the theme is "until everyone is safe". Displacement can happen to everyone, and the right to seek safety was made for all of us.One week to go until 20 June, #WorldRefugeeDay! The right to seek safety was made for times like these. Help keep the promise of safety alive. Stand with refugees. Until everyone is safe, we show up. Until everyone is safe, the work is not done.
- Thank you 🇨🇦 Canada for your continued solidarity with Rohingya refugees + host communities in 🇧🇩 Your support helps save lives & restore dignity. Through SAFE+, 🇨🇦 is helping refugee families access clean cooking fuel & reducing pressure on the environment around the camps.00:00
- Our latest figures 🧮 for the Rohingya refugee population in Bangladesh are available! For all the data, see the full population dashboard here 👇 data.unhcr.org/en/documents/d…
- Their childhoods were shaped by displacement. Today, UNHCR’s Gamechanging Team plays at the highest level, showing what’s possible when children have safety and opportunity. #FIFAWorldCup *This video uses AI to help visualize childhood and present-day versions of the player.00:00
- Rohingya are the world's largest stateless population, says the newly launched annual #GlobalTrends report. Around 7 out of 10 stateless people worldwide live in just 4 countries: Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire, Thailand and Myanmar. Read more: 👇 unhcr.org/media/global-t…
- The just-launched #GlobalTrends Report shows decreased (yet still unacceptably high) global displacement. High Commissioner @BarhamSalih underscores the need to lift millions out of long-term displacement & reliance on humanitarian aid. Read more👇
- UNHCR in Bangladesh repostedI welcome the announcement by UN SG @antonioguterres to appoint Tressa Rae Finerty as Deputy High Commissioner, Antón Leis García as Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, and Edem Wosornu as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, to join me in leading @Refugees.
- Our office in Cox's Bazar is looking for an Assistant Settlement Planning Officer 💙 Learn more & apply 👇 unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…📢Are you passionate about the protection of people forced to flee? Join our team! Assistant Settlement Planning Officer 🇧🇩Cox’s Bazar Regular Assignment (NOA) 👇Apply by 21 June 2026! unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External…
- 📱Mobile phone can change how we see refugees 20 students from 5 universities across 🇧🇩 are joining us, learning to tell stories of displacement with empathy, dignity + authenticity through a UNHCR-ULAB collaboration. We can't wait to see what they create.💙
- Happy National Day, Sweden 🇸🇪🎉 Tack Sverige for standing with Rohingya refugees in 🇧🇩 and for your generous flexible funding to UNHCR. Your support helps us respond quickly to emergencies and stay with refugees through long crises. Tack for your solidarity 💙
