COVID-19 is affecting refugees amidst their existing precarious situations. Ahead of World Refugee Day, WHO call to protect refugees during the Covid19 pandemic. An unprecedented 79.5 million* people around the world have been forced from home by conflict and persecution at the end of 2019.

Among them are nearly 30 million refugees ( That is the size of the population of Ghana).
Over half of whom are under the age of 18 and 85% of them are hosted in developing countries.

*unhcr.org