{"id":49565,"date":"2022-06-20T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=49565"},"modified":"2022-06-20T11:54:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:54:03","slug":"commemorating-world-refugee-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=49565","title":{"rendered":"Commemorating World Refugee Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>06\/20\/2022 08:16 AM EDT<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p>This World Refugee Day, we acknowledge the unprecedented humanitarian crises across the globe, resulting in the largest number of refugees in history.\u00a0 Last month, we reached the tragic milestone of more than 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide.\u00a0 Through humanitarian assistance, diplomacy, and refugee resettlement, the United States leads the way in helping the courageous and resilient people who are forced to flee persecution to find safety and rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Refugee Agency\u2019s theme for World Refugee Day this year is, \u201cWhoever.\u00a0 Wherever. Whenever.\u00a0 Everyone has the right to safety.\u201d\u00a0 We value and honor refugees\u2019 strength and perseverance.\u00a0 Our commitment to the world\u2019s vulnerable is unwavering.\u00a0 The United States is the world\u2019s largest single donor of humanitarian assistance, providing more than $13 billion in humanitarian aid to those in need during Fiscal Year 2021. The needs are significant, however, and we call on the donor community to increase contributions to support the needs of refugees and other vulnerable populations around the globe.\u00a0 We will continue to represent the best of American values by saving lives and alleviating suffering, working with our partners at home and abroad to assist the forcibly displaced in their time of need \u2013 no matter who or where they are, on World Refugee Day and every day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_7682159838173899706mail_footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06\/20\/2022 08:16 AM EDT Antony J.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49566,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49565\/revisions\/49566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}