Profile: Alliance for African Assistance

The face of a refugee is ethnically and culturally diverse and represents many ages, religions, and education levels. According to United Nations High Commission for Refugees, females make up over 50 percent of the world’s refugee population and they are clearly the most vulnerable. Without doubt, resettling refugees requires collaborative efforts by all interested parties, and the job is never truly finished.

According to Jack Straw, "We have a long road to travel before we can achieve a protection regime which is genuinely fair and effective and not subverted by criminal traffickers. As long as we have conflicts and natural disasters, the problem of refugees will be with us and what might change is how we how we choose to deal with it."