Currently, she is a lawyer for refugees and human rights qualified in New Zealand-but on Tuesday, she remembered 14 years, aged 14 and described the heartbreaking limbo that followed.
Invisible and alone
“I grew up invisible to the world,” she said. “Without rights, opportunities or security.”
All this changed in 2018, when her family was offered in New Zealand-a decision which, according to her, made her dignity, hope and a future.
Today, it pleads for others as a law professional and helps to shape the global resettlement policy as an advisor to the central group on resettlement and the complementary routes (CRCP) which is supported by the UN refugee agency, Hcr.
Ms. Changezi’s powerful testimony set the tone at the exit of the agency Projected global resettlement needs 2026 report.
Syrians in motion
The UNHCR estimates that 2.5 million refugees will require resettlement next year, a drop compared to the 2.9 million estimated for 2025.
Although this marks a change – mainly due to modified conditions in Syria which allow voluntary yields – the figure remains historically high.
The biggest groups in need include Afghans, Syrians, Sudanese South, Sudanese, Rohingyas and Congolese refugees. The main asylum countries such as Iran, Türkiye, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Uganda continue to accommodate large refugee populations, many people facing urgent needs that reinstallation can meet.
“” Reinstallation offers not only protection, but also a way to dignity and inclusion“Said the HCR spokesman Shabia Mantoo.” It is a demonstration of significant international solidarity, “she added.
Disturbing
However, HCR’s message was also a problem. The resettlement quotas for 2025 should fall to their lowest level in two decades – below even the disturbances observed during the COVID 19 pandemic. This decline threatens to cancel progress and places vulnerable refugees to more.
In this context, Ms. Changezi’s story has become more than a personal account – it was a rallying call. “Reinstallation is more than a humanitarian act,” she told journalists. “It’s a Strategic investment in our common future. “”
Contributing to host companies
Ms. Changezi stressed that refugees are not defined by their vulnerability. Around the world, reinstalled refugees reconstruct communities, launch companies and strengthen social and economic systems in their new houses. “” We offer solutions. We conduct innovation“, She insisted.
The UNHCR urges states not only to maintain their existing resettlement programs, but to extend them – quickly and ambitious. It also calls for more flexible and reactive systems that can meet the needs of refugees in different regions and contexts.
Despite the challenges, more than 116,000 refugees were resettled through programs supported by UNHCR last year.
The international objective for 2026 is to reinstall 120,000 people – an objective that the HCH is said to be at hand if states act decisively.
Ms. Changezi closed her remarks with a reminder that the resettlement promise is not abstract. “Multiply my story through millions,” she said. “The long -term impact is extraordinary – not only for refugees, but for the companies that embrace them.”
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