World Refugee Day was started by a United Nations Declaration in 2000. The first World Refugee Day was celebrated in 2001, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Related to the Status of Refugees (the legal document that protected refugees after World War II).
Maalinta Qaxootiga Adduunka waxaa bilaabay a Baaqa Qaramada Midoobay ee 2000. Maalinta ugu horeeyay ee World Refugee loo dabaal in 2001, sharaf ah 50th guuradii ka mid ah 1951 Heshiiska la xiriira in Xaaladda Qaxootiga (dukumintiga sharciga ah la ilaaliyo qaxootiga ka dib dagaalkii labaad ee dunida).