Afghan girls leave a classroom of a school for unregistered refugees on the outskirts
of the city of Mashad in northern Iran, near the border with Afghanistan. More than
1.5 million Afghans live in Iran, in and outside of camps, according to the United
Nations. Last year, the U.N. General Assembly designated June 20 to be World Refugee
Day to commemorate the 1951 Refugee Convention, which established the legal foundation
for refugee rights. Wednesday, June 20, 2001.
Enric Marti / AP
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