World Refugee Day 2012.

What are refugees?

A refugee is a person who is outside their country of origin or habitual residence because they

have suffered persecution on account of race, religion,

nationality, political opinion, or because they are a member of a

persecuted 'social group'.

What is World Refugee Day?

The United Nations' (UN) World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each year. This event honours the

courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homeland under threat of persecution, conflict and

violence.

Why do we celebrate this occasion?

There are about 40 million people on the earth who have been removed

from their homes due to issues such as the sprain on civilisations and

economies from harsh transformations in climates. Roughly

a third of refugees are public who have run away from their nations because of civil wars and racial, ancestral and religious brutality.

World Refugee Day History.One of the most extensive proceedings is African

Refugee Day as many other nations hold their own events for the worldwide known date of

June the 20th. The UN General Assembly passed a decree to state its solidarity with Africa on

December the 4th 2000. the decree noted that 2001 was the 50th anniversary of the 1951

Convention connecting to the position of the refugees, and that the African Unity decided to combine International Day with it and would be

further observed as World Refugee Day from 2001 onwards. This was so the concentration

would be drawn more to the 14 million refugees around the world.

Events and Activities.The worldwide known date is used to highlight the

contributions of refugees in that society. Many associations frequently get occupied in a variety of

activities for the day, including:• Campaigners remonstrate against making use of prisons

to hold migrants and asylum seekers.• Screenings of movies about the life styles of asylum

seekers working in western nations• Association members visit imprisoned asylum seekers to

give them moral support.• Notes and appeals to the government on the management

of asylum seeker in custody.• Some are so passionate about the issue that devote a

whole week to the event in order to comprise other ideas about the human rights for the refugees.

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Get Involved.Every year, people across the United States use World Refugee Day as a

focus for raising awareness and funds in their own communities to gather support for different associations at work. And at the same time they spread a little understanding about the reality of being a

refugee. Help us by getting involved:• Invite a former refugee to speak at your school, church, community

centre, etc. and share their experiences   • Volunteer at a local refugee resettlement agency to help newly-arrived

refugees in the U.S. • Host a World Refugee Day "house party" where you might show the

movie “War Dance”, "Hotel Rwanda," "God Grew Tired of Us," "Beyond Borders," "I am David," or "Return to Afghanistan" or another movie

that shows the plight of refugees. • Serve a dish typical in another country or prepare an international

meal with friends.

• Purchase Blue Keys for yourself and your friends. On World Refugee Day, June 20th, wear your keys and let everyone know how

you are helping refugees.

Donate.You can help save refugee lives.

At UNHCR they help people find new homes and new futures through resettlement, through voluntary repatriation and through local integration. Most of the time, and where it's possible, refugees prefer to return to their home countries. Nonetheless, and with conflict continuing or escalating in

many countries, finding new homes and allowing people to restart their lives is increasingly difficult.

The UN Refugee Agency depends on voluntary contributions from people around the world to provide critical refugee

programs around the world.By making a donation in honour of World Refugee Day, we will help highlight the plight of refugees and to advocate on

their behalf. 

“On World Refugee Day, let us reaffirm the importance of solidarity

and burden-sharing by the international community. Refugees have been deprived of their homes,

but they must not be deprived of their futures.”

-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonMessage for World Refugee Day 2010

1 refugee without hope is too many

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be the ONE who cares and do ONE thing.