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World Refugee Day is an international day organised every year on 20 June by the United Nations.It is designed to celebrate and honour refugees from around the world. The day was first established on 20 June 2001, [1] in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
World Refugee Day is Thursday. Refugee services around Columbus are hosting events to celebrate and acknowledge refugees who live in the community.
Refugee Week is a nationwide festival designed to promote understanding and to celebrate the cultural contributions of refugees, and features many events such as music, dance and theatre. [87] In the Roman Catholic Church, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees is celebrated in January each year, since instituted in 1914 by Pope Pius X. [88]
Refugee Week always takes place in the week closest to World Refugee Day (20 June). The dates for 2009–2012 and for 2019 and 2023 are as follows: 2009: 15 – 21 June 2010: 14 – 20 June
The event is in recognition of World Refugee Day, celebrated annually on June 20. The Albuquerque event was ... The event will take place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at 1 Civic Plaza NW.
Over the last decade, Michigan has welcomed over 27,000 refugees.
The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention or the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 is a United Nations multilateral treaty that defines who a refugee is and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum.
With the World Refugee Day releases, The Atlantic Magazine listed Salam Neighbor as its "Editor's Pick." [ 82 ] When Salam Neighbor launched in the UK on Netflix, the Guardian newspaper said the film is "an attention-grabbing, eye-level view of a crisis that many of us have spent more time discussing than imagining."