GENEVA (AN) — Six countries and the United Nations opened the first Global Refugee Forum to help poor nations overwhelmed by taking in people fleeing for safety across international borders.
The three-day forum that began on Monday 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.
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