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Stories from the frontlines: Refugee-Led Organisations in the Shadow of COVID-19 18 December 2020 18 December marks International Migrants Day. The COVID-19 health crisis has called attention to refugees’ potentially heightened vulnerabilities, but also their contributions to society. Three refugee-led organisations share their reflections on a challenging year for people who have been forcibly displaced.  Policy Recommendations from Refugee-Led Organisations in the Shadow of COVID-19 In 2018, the global refugee population was 25.9 million.  Most refugees flee from threats of violence and political persecution, but in 2020 they found themselves up against a new threat - a global pandemic. As representatives of refugee-led organisations from Cameroon, Venezuela, and Syria, we came together to reflect on how our organisations responded to the needs of our communities, and how our unique lived experiences of displacement informed our response to the pandemic. These are our

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