Every day, children all over the world are forced to leave their homes.

Families might flee because of war and fighting, or due to disasters like floods and hurricanes, or because they're afraid of being harmed because of their colour or faith. 

Sometimes a person will have to leave their own country, so they're called a 'refugee'. Sometimes they will have to move to a different part of their own country, so they're called a 'displaced person'.

Champa, 12, from Bangladesh, had to leave her home before a river swept it away...

Refugee Week is about helping us to understand why some people are forced to leave their homes and move to different places. It's also about celebrating all the good things that refugees bring to a country when they move there!