Every Friday evening, the Jellinek family gathers for Shabbat dinner in their Berlin home. This year, their weekly tradition includes 28 year old Kinan, a Syrian Muslim refugee from Damascus, who's been living with the Jellineks since November 2015. He joins them most Fridays and often cooks Syrian meals that he has learned on YouTube. Photo by Aubrey Wade/UNHCR/Panos Global Citizen LifeDemand Equity 6 Amazing Ways People Are Welcoming Refugees in France and How You Can Help From offering a room to matching refugees with employers, there are lots of ways to help. Why Global Citizens Should Care The world is facing its biggest refugee crisis since World War II, with an unprecedented 79.5 million people forcibly displaced as of the end of 2019, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Forced displacement now affects more than 1% of humankind – 1 in every 97 people. As this disaster unfolds, it has become a long-lasting phenomenon requiring every country to host and integrate refugees. Welcoming refugees is not only a humanitarian obligation but a legal imperative. Take action to help defeat poverty here.