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UNHCR: Businesses have a vital role to play in helping refugees through COVID-19

A Palestinian woman hangs laundry to dry outside her house at the Beach refugee camp in Gaza City June 18, 2020. Picture taken June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem - RC27CH9J3R1S

There are 30 million refugees worldwide. Image: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Emma Batha
Journalist, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Refugees have been first to feel the economic impact of the pandemic. Image: UNHCR
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