UNHCR’s refugee awareness session

The session was divided into two presentations. The first presenter, Showvik Das Tamal, Protection Associate, explained the definition of ‘refugee’ in the global and political context. The second presenter, Farheen Khan, External Relations, expounded on how to create awareness about refugee crisis. The event was hosted in the Department of Law & Justice, JU and was attended by students and teachers from the department. In the recent years, the world has witnessed massive forced displacement since Second World War – there are 60million displaced people, of which 20million are refugees. As global citizens, it is important for us to know those individuals who have been stripped off their rights, and what host countries should and can do in order to protect and assist the refugees. The knowledge or understanding of the refugee crisis has never been more important in world history as it is now. Thus, UNHCR and its partners try to provide humanitarian aid to the refugees and bring governments together to come up with a solution for the crisis. UNHCR had conducted refugee awareness lectures in a number of universities in Dhaka since June. This was one of the last information sessions on global refugee crisis, this year.