World Refugee Day should not become an occasion for sentimental rhetoric. Nor should it devolve into a binary contest between compassion and security   COLONEL SATISH SINGH LALOTRA On World Refugee Day, observed annually on June 20 th, i.e., today, the international community pauses to reflect on one of humanity’s most enduring tragedies: the forced displacement of people from their homes. Yet in 2026, the scale of the crisis has suddenly ballooned to an unimaginable extent, exacerbated with the ongoing Middle East ( US-Iranian) fracas that seems to be only ballooning further, showing no signs of abatement.