The purpose of World Refugee Day is to draw attention to the plight of refugees, celebrate their courage and resilience and renew commitment to solving refugee problems. It is also an opportunity to recognise the contributions that refugees make to the countries that host them.
This year, the theme of the Day is "One". Events and activities around the world leading up to the Day are intended to raise awareness of the situation of forcibly displaced and stateless people and promote messages such as "One Refugee Without Hope is too Many". The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN refugee agency, has urged the public to observe the Day by "doing one thing" to recognise refugees and protect their rights.
On World Refugee Day, UNHCR will also release its "Global Trends" report on the state of refugees worldwide in 2010. There were 43.3 million forcibly displaced people worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number since the mid-1990s. 80 percent of the world's refugees are in developing nations, as are the vast majority of internally displaced people (a population with whom UNHCR is increasingly involved). António Guterres, the head of UNHCR, has noted: "Being forced from your home by conflict or persecution is a tragedy whether you've crossed an international border or not. Today, we are seeing a relentless series of internal conflicts that are generating millions of uprooted people."
The high number of refugees hosted by developing countries underscores the disproportionate burden carried by those least able to afford it as well as the need for international support. In 2009,
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