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00:15Ben Stiller met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on World Refugee Day.
00:19According to the Ukraine leader's official website, Stiller visited the country as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador
00:25and met with Zelensky after touring occupied settlements in the region.
00:29But what you've done and the way that you've rallied the country and what, you know, for the world, it's really inspiring.
00:36The pair sat down to discuss the plight of refugees in the war-torn country displaced by an invasion by Russia and its military.
00:43Stiller said this of what he saw while walking through ruined residential areas and talking to people who survived the occupation.
00:49You see it on TV, you see it on social media, and you know, it's something else to actually see it and feel it.
00:56They went on to discuss support for temporarily displaced persons in Ukraine, as well as those in Poland.
01:02Stiller also appeared in this video on the UNHCR Instagram page.
01:06War and violence are devastating people all over the world.
01:09Nobody chooses to flee their home.
01:11Seeking safety is a right, and it needs to be upheld for every person.
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