They get herded in to camps and we can flick to another channel if we don't wanna see them.
Am I being harsh? Nearly typed "sorry" but I just can't. I'd be lying.
I'm sorry that people are displaced, that little kids are born in countries their parents were driven to with no idea where they'll grow up or call home.
What can you do about it? Well, maybe you can research development studies or specialise in microfinance. Maybe you can marshall some resources and meet needs. Maybe you can adopt a family or a community and offer English lessons, meals local knowledge or just listen to their stories. Maybe you can pray, and care, and remember that Jesus was a refugee. Maybe you can remember Him saying, "When you do it to one of the least of these, you do it to me."
Are you artistic or an economist? That kinda question will determine your reaction to the fact that June 20th is World Refugee Day. Are you terrific at hospitality or games or talking or 
writing or . . . organising a garage sale?
If you're artistic, organise an event where people can express or interact with art materials to illustrate what homelessness might feel like.
If you are a good cook, bake something, gather some friends around and discuss what hunger is. Then take the money they give you for your baked goods and donate it to an organisation that helps refugees learn skills to survive.
If you're good at gaming, devise a game that will cause people to understand the process of being uprooted and moved, with little say in the matter, to a place that has thousands of tents that all look the same and you worry that your kids will get lost in the mess.
If you're economically minded, set up a trust bank and empower ten people to earn for themselves and improve the lives of their families and communities.
Do something, even if it seems feeble and a drop in the bucket. Oceans are made of numerous drops.
check it out Indiana
This year's World Refugee Day on June 20 has as its theme, "Home," in recognition of the plight of more than 40 million uprooted people around the world. Around 10 million of them are refugees of special concern to UNHCR.
At UNHCR we help people find new homes and new futures through resettlement, through voluntary repatriation and through local integration. Most of the time, and where it's possible, refugees prefer to return to their home countries. Nonetheless, and with conflict continuing or escalating in many countries, finding new homes and allowing people to restart their lives is increasingly difficult.
This year, for World Refugee Day, we are planning events around the world to highlight the plight of refugees under our care and to advocate on their behalf for the help they need.
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