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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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