Cate Blanchett calls for focus on education, refugee experience at forum

FILE PHOTO: UNHCR goodwill ambassador Cate Blanchett reacts during her visit to a TIGER workshop in the community centre in District 2 of Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, April 25, 2023. UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via REUTERS/ FILE PHOTO

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Education for refugees, supporting host countries and hearing personal accounts of those forced to flee their homes should be the focus of the second Global Refugee Forum this week, says UNHCR goodwill ambassador Cate Blanchett.

Politicians, diplomats, charities, businesses and refugees meet in Geneva Dec. 13-15 for what the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) calls the world’s largest international gathering on refugees. It is held every four years.