20 June 2026

What World Refugee Day Asks of Aotearoa

Every year on 20 June, the world marks World Refugee Day. This year's theme is blunt and simple: Until Everyone Is Safe. It's a strange thing to have to say out loud in 2026, that safety shouldn't be conditional, that it shouldn't run out at a border. But here we are, in an election year, with immigration back at the centre of our politics, and it feels worth saying plainly.