Turning Backs on Despair, Richest Nations Doing Least for World's Refugees
A call to governments:
• All countries must uphold the fundamental
human rights of all people on the move and uphold and implement the
principles and standards of the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol;
• Rich countries must welcome many more people seeking refuge and asylum;
• All refugee-hosting countries must provide a dignified
future—including the right to work and education—to everyone trapped in
long-term displacement;
• Rich countries must give more help to the developing countries who host the vast majority of refugees and displaced people.
We'll add one more; stop fueling, financing and participating in acts of war and terror.
"We must stand as one with the millions of people who have been forced
to flee as they need our help." (Photo: Tilman Köneke/flickr/cc)
