World Refugee Day 2024 in Europe | UNHCR Europe (2024)

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What is the theme of World Refugee Day 2024? ›

World Refugee Day is observed globally on June 20th of every year as a day to remember refugees who have been driven to flee from their own country. World Refugee Day 2024 emphasises showing support for refugees in the hopes of creating a welcoming global community.

Regional overview. Europe's forcibly displaced and stateless population is projected to increase by 2% in 2024, to 24.9 million people.

Per receiving country

In March 2024, Germany maintained its position as the foremost destination for asylum seekers in the EU+, receiving the most applications (18,000) which amounts to 22% of the total.

World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on 20 June and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.

In a world marked by displacement and the search for refuge, this year's Refugee Week theme “Finding Freedom” – with a focus on family – encapsulates the profound journey of resilience, strength, and unity that defines the refugee experience.

However, these countries received a large number of Ukrainian refugees in 2022. In Western Europe, it is Portugal that has received the fewest refugees, at 0.61 per cent.

The words “World Refugee Day” are placed at the centre top of the figures, and “20 June” is placed at under the figures at the centre. All elements of the logo are the one color – green.

What is the quote for World Refugee Day? ›

Refugees are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, with the same hopes and ambitions as us except that a twist of fate has bound their lives to a global refugee crisis on an unprecedented scale. [Khaled Hosseini]. A refugee is someone who survived and who can create the future. [Amela Koluder].

On World Refugee Day, let's commit to including refugees in our schools, workplaces, healthcare systems and beyond. Use the hashtags #WorldRefugeeDay, #WithRefugees and #RefugeeDay on social media to honor refugees and displaced people by amplifying their voices and experiences.

The UN has designated 2024 as the International Year of Camelids. Camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas and guanacos are an important source of livelihood for millions of families - most of them pastoralists - in dryland and mountainous rangeland ecosystems around the world.

Refugee is about survival and courage from the point of view of the refugee for sure, but it is also about the courage of those not directly affected, the courage to step up and make a change.

The words “World Refugee Day” are placed at the centre top of the figures, and “20 June” is placed at under the figures at the centre. All elements of the logo are the one color – green.

The theme for Refugee Week 2024 is “Our Home”. From the places we gather to share meals to our collective home, planet earth: everyone is invited to celebrate what our Our Home means to them. Home can be a place of refuge, a feeling or a state of mind.