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UN deputy chief calls for greater integration efforts to meet challenges of refugees in urban areas

May 19, 2016, at 01:41 pm

New York, May 19 (Just Earth News): More than half of the world’s refugees live in urban areas, and often in fragile cities with high levels of inequality, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said on Wednesday, stressing the importance of integration efforts that enable refugees to benefit from the opportunities cities offer so that they can ultimately have a dignified life.