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Jointly authored by Yasmine Sherif, Director Education Cannot Wait, Alice Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education and Keiko Miwa, Regional Director for Human Development of the World Bank
The first Global Refugee Forum, which kicks off in Geneva today, comes at the end of a tumultuous decade in which the number of refugees has risen to more than 26 million people worldwide.
Having fled their homes in search of protection, the vast majority of refugees – some 85 percent – live in the world’s poorest countries. As a result, many struggle to access essential services in their new homes.