Un sistema inservible
hay más de 21,3 millones de personas refugiadas en todo el mundo, y casi el 50% son mujeres y niñas.ni siquiera pueden ya proporcionar alimentación suficiente desigualdad de género
Esta situación tiene que cambiar yaingente crisis humanitaria
“La gente muere mientras los gobiernos gastan miles de millones en controlar las fronteras.”Amnistía Internacional
8 soluciones a la crisis
1. Rutas seguras
abrir rutas sin riesgos![](/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/1/2/csm_202412_Palestinians_gather_around_the_remains_of_a_commercial_center_which_witnesses_said_was_hit_by_an_Israeli_air_strike_in_Rafah_f666707592.jpg)
2. Reasentamiento
reasentar a todas las personas refugiadasesta ayuda 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1,15 millones de personas
3. Salvar vidas
casi 7.000 personas se ahogaron en el Mediterráneoinvirtiendo en operaciones de búsqueda y salvamento
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4. No forzar más rutas peligrosas
se les debe permitir cruzar las fronteras5. Poner fin al tráfico y al racismo
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6. No culpabilizar a las personas migrantes
combatir todas las clases de xenofobia y discriminación racialDurban, Sudáfrica
7. Fondos suficientes para una ONU "en bancarrota"
organismos de la ONU los países ricos no cumplen sus elevadas promesasproporcionar fondos para la ayudala ONU ha recibido menos de la mitad de los fondos
Sudán del Sur
los gobiernos gastan miles de millones en controlar las fronteras.
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8. El asilo es un derecho humano
han hecho añicos esa visión de un mundo mejor
necesitamos soluciones radicales, un liderazgo visionario y una cooperación global
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