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Since 2011 the ongoing war in Syria, which was worsened by the earthquake near the border between Türkiye in February 2023, has displaced around 1.5 million Syrians into Lebanon. Protection intervention is still of vital importance for countless affected families - and especially for adolescent girls.

This World Refugee Day, we examine the pressing challenges that refugees face around the world and consider how we can address them.

Following the release of the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s Emergency Watchlist 2024 in December last year, a list of 20 countries most at risk of humanitarian deterioration where Sudan was ranked number 1, the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ has produced a mid-year Sudan Crisis Alert Report to show the trajectory of the world’s worst displacement crisis, as an update to the Watchlist report. Read our report here.

Living in the largest refugee camp in the world, there’s nothing Tahera Begum dreams of more than returning to her home. The ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ and the EU are helping families like hers get the medical attention that they need in Cox's Bazaar.

In Syria, more than a decade of war has brought the country's health system to the brink and left millions of people facing a spiralling economic collapse. Around 90% are living below the poverty line, and many are struggling to meet their most basic needs. A cholera outbreak, which began in August 2022, is exposing the fragility of Syria’s water supply and health care systems and the impact this has on the lives of vulnerable families.

These Yemeni girls have a strong friendship, and an even stronger desire to help others.