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Migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border. Worldwide than 1.47 million refugees are awaiting resettlement (Photo: Telegram)

EU must not retreat from refugee resettlement

This World Refugee Day (20 June) the global picture on displacement is darker than ever before.

With a record 100 million people forcibly displaced from their homes, and some 83 percent hosted in low- and middle-income countries, it's clear that immediate action is needed to protect refugees trapped in vulnerable situations.\n \nIn this context, the EU's response to people fleeing Ukraine has offered a glimmer of hope and demonstrated powerfully something we have long known: the EU is ...

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Harlem Désir is senior vice-president Europe, International Rescue Committee, and former French minister of foreign affairs.

Migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border. Worldwide than 1.47 million refugees are awaiting resettlement (Photo: Telegram)

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Harlem Désir is senior vice-president Europe, International Rescue Committee, and former French minister of foreign affairs.

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