Angelina Jolie penned a lengthy essay encouraging Americans to treat the global refugee crisis as a singular fight that does not stop at U.S.
borders. The “Maleficent” actress is a vocal human rights advocate who serves as Special Envoy of the High Commissioner for Refugees for the United Nations.
She wrote an essay in TIME in which she updated readers on the current state of the global refugee crisis and implied Americans play a part.
She began by noting that the latest annual report from the U.N. Refugee Agency paints a grim picture of nearly 80 million people in the world, the highest number since recording such statistics began, are considered refugees.