GENEVA (AN) — Six countries and the United Nations opened the first Global Refugee Forum on Monday to help poor nations overwhelmed by taking in people fleeing for safety across international borders.
The three-day forum was put together to support the 25.9 million refugees worldwide. It was co-hosted by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, and Switzerland, with additional backing from Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Germany, Pakistan and Turkey.