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	Refugee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since refugee camps are generally set up in an impromptu fashion, and designed to meet basic human needs for a short time, when civil war or other problems prevent the return of refugees, or children essentially grow up in the camps, a humanitarian crisis can result.
		The refugee camps soon came to be controlled by the former government and Hutu militants who used the camps as bases to launch attacks against the new government in Rwanda.
		Refugee Week is a nationwide festival designed to promote understanding and to celebrate the cultural contibutions of refugees, and features many events such as music, dance and theatre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Refugee (3263 words)

	Refugee Day Definition / Refugee Day Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Refugee Day is sponsored by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
		Refugee Day is a chance for all who care to be vocal about this issue to voice their views.
		Refugee Day is a special day to celebrate the strength and courage of world’s refugees.
	www.elresearch.com /Refugee_Day (76 words)

	Africa Refugee Day 2002 - World Refugee Day 2002
		Africa Refugee Day, 20 June, is a day chosen by the Organisation of Africa Unity (OAU) pursuant to its 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and duly adopted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
		Refugees are usually mistaken for economic migrants partly due to ignorance of the host country’s population and also as a result of declining economies in the African countries.
		Refugees from Sierra Leone and Angola also have new reason to hope that their long years of exile may soon be over.
	www.lesotho.gov.ls /articles/2002/Africa%20Refugee%20day%202002%20%20-%20Commemoration%20in%20Lesotho.htm (2222 words)

	"Internal Refugees" Need Attention on World Refugee Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		June 20 is World Refugee Day, a time to remember the millions of men, women, and children who have crossed international borders to flee persecution and violence in their homelands.
		But World Refugee Day is also a time to acknowledge the far larger number of persons who live as refugees in their own countries, and for whom neither UNHCR nor any other UN agency has a formal mandate.
		World Refugee Day is both the time to reflect and to begin to act on ideas for reworking the UN's protection of uprooted peoples, especially those within their own countries who constitute the biggest gap in the international humanitarian response system.
	www.brook.edu /views/op-ed/cohenr/20050620.htm (1128 words)

	World Refugee Day (20 June 2003)
		The purpose of World Refugee Day is to draw attention to the plight of refugees, celebrate their courage and resilience, and renew commitment to solving refugee problems.
		Not only do refugee youth face the difficulties all refugees encounter but they are also submitted to particular hardships because of their young age and specific vulnerability.
		The lesson plan is in debate format and addresses background of refugee problems and its international context, refugee law and its international context, and the interpretation of laws by immigration officials.
	www.hrea.org /feature-events/world-refugee-day-03.html (736 words)

	CWS Marks World Refugee Day, June 20, with Plea for Uprooted Sudanese Families
		Father’s Day this year falls on World Refugee Day, June 20, prompting international humanitarian organization Church World Service to call for urgent action on behalf of besieged children and families in the Darfur region of western Sudan, and those who have fled into neighboring Chad.
		On this World Refugee Day, countless families are separated and wondering when they may return home or find a new home--a place where they can be made whole again and be free from the persecution and violence that forced them to flee in the first place.
		As the refugee child Jesus and his family were one day able to return to Nazareth, may each of us work to enable people to return home, reunite with their children, and make their families whole again.
	www.churchworldservice.org /news/archives/2004/06/193.html (770 words)

	UN Dispatch: World Refugee Day - 6.20.05
		World Refugee Day: "The United Nations General Assembly designated 20 June 2000 as World Refugee Day to recognize and celebrate the contribution of refugees throughout the world.
		Refugees are ordinary people, too, except that through no fault of their own, they find themselves in extraordinary circumstances.
		Refugees: Telling Their Stories: "A local Melbourne school-girl, Dragica Dacic, has won first place in the national 2004 High School Writing Competition 2004 for her story on a young Bosnian refugee.
	www.undispatch.com /archives/2005/06/world_refugee_d.html (371 words)

	JRS-USA: Publication - Documents: World Refugee Day Statement 2004
		Refugees are not given clothing, many refugees are only given plastic sheeting as the only means of constructing a house.
		Too many refugees are denied the opportunity to contribute to their host country, to preserve their skills or develop new ones in preparation for return to a more normal life.
		Refugee assistance programs must be designed in a way that promotes the stability of the community and the autonomy and growth of each displaced person.
	www.jrsusa.org /jrs_statement_04.htm (649 words)

	Refugees "Are the Great Survivors of Our "Time, Says Secretary-General in Salute to World Refugee Day
		Refugees not only have the strongest moral claim to our assistance; experience shows that economically and culturally, they generate more wealth than they consume.
		Many refugees are people of outstanding creativity, who either bring a great reputation with them, or go on to win one in their adopted country.
		World Refugee Day gives us an opportunity to reaffirm the Convention's basic principles, including the prohibition against expelling or returning any refugee to territories where his or her life or freedom would be threatened because of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2001/sgsm7848.html (385 words)

	World Refugee Day 2004
		Now that the limbo-like existence of asylum-seeking is behind them, recognised refugees are making an enhanced contribution to the country they see as their long-term home while many Irish people, as well as schools and other institutions, have contributed to warmly welcoming and supporting new immigrants.
		Refugees have long seen citizenship as the culmination of their efforts to integrate as equals in Irish society.
		One applicant was refused apparently because of having incurred a €100 fine for a road traffic offence and therefore being deemed to be not 'of good character' while another was refused because he had been dependent on State welfare for some period immediately prior to a decision on his citizenship application.
	www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie /pub04/pub20-06-04.html (969 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		For millions of refugees and displaced people around the world, "home" is a place they have fled from in fear for their lives, in a desperate attempt to find safety.
		Amid the flight from conflict and persecution, in the tent cities of refugee camps, and during the wait in unbearable uncertainty to see what the future will hold, it is a refugee's most cherished dream to return home and live in dignity and security.
		Refugees from Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cote d'lvoire, Iraq, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Somalia are also deciding to return in large numbers.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/06/19/new24.html (453 words)

	IRC \| The IRC Marks World Refugee Day 2003
		June 19, 2003 To mark World Refugee Day 2003 and celebrate the courage and contributions of refugees, IRC offices around the world are holding lectures, film screenings, exhibits and other events and presentations on the official day, June 20, and throughout the week.
		The first represents life in a refugee's country of origin, the second the experience of living in a refugee camp, and the third, resettlement in a third country.
		He will be joined by several refugee adolescents who will discuss their experiences of fleeing conflict and adjusting to life in the United States.
	www.theirc.org /index.cfm?section=news&wwwID=1752 (1305 words)

	UN World Refugee Day Focuses on Youth
		Summary Today is World Refugee Day, a day designated by the United Nations to draw attention to the plight of the men, women, and children who have been forced to flee their homes in the face of persecution and armed conflict.
		Today is World Refugee Day, a day designated by the United Nations to draw attention to the plight of the men, women, and children who have been forced to flee their homes in the face of persecution and armed conflict.
		Selected from hundreds of entries illustrating the theme of Shared Wishes, Shared Dreams: Refugee Youth and Us, the winners of the Third Annual UNHCR World Refugee Day poster contest are Grace Huang, Grades 4-5 (Northville, Michigan), Anna Dorsey, Grades 7-8 (Cairo, Georgia), and Giovanna Reed, Grades 9-10 (San Antonio, Texas).
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/06/0620_030620_refugeeposters.html (944 words)

	JRS Statements - World Refugee Day 2003
		Ethiopia The main Refugee Day celebration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is a Cultural Day, organised by JRS, in conjunction with UNHCR.
		The theme of the event is "Refugee: hidden face", and attempts to draw attention to the situation and conditions in which many Colombian refugees are living in in Venezuela.
		On 18 June there will be a press conference organised by all the Roman refugee associations under the auspices of Comune di Roma (City Council) to draw attention to the critical situation that refugees and asylum seekers have to face in Italy.
	www.jesref.org /statement/stat.php?lang=en&statDir=wrd03&statId=wrd0307en (763 words)

	Church World Service, Affiliates, Congregations Plan World Refugee Day Events 6/17-22
		NEW YORK CITY - World Refugee Day is June 20, and congregations and communities across the United States and around the world are planning events throughout June to recognize the plight, and celebrate the contributions, of refugees.
		Refugees are persons who, "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion," have fled their home country and are unable or, "owing to such fear," unwilling to avail themselves of that country's protection.
		Among World Refugee Day celebrations is a Friday, June 17, event in Columbia, S.C., in front of the King Monument in Martin Luther King Park on Green Street in Five Points.
	churchworldservice.org /news/archives/2005/06/299.html (739 words)

	Press Releases - 2004 Refugee Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A refugee is a person who is outside her country of origin and genuinely risks serious human rights abuses because of who she is or what she believes.
		Because of the persecution she would face, a refugee is entitled to be protected against forcible return to her country of origin.
		The withdrawal of basic subsistence is not in keeping with the humanitarian spirit of the UN Refugee Convention and in some cases might amount to refoulement.
	www.amnesty.org.hk /press/refugee_day_04.htm (1007 words)

	:: World Refugee Day ::
		Refugees anywhere in the world are people like each of us: “Home” gives them a feeling of comfort and security.
		But many Americans are unaware that tens of millions of people around the world have been forced to flee their homes in order to escape persecution or war.
		This is where you come in - 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 UNHCR’s urgent work.
	www.usaforunhcr.org /worldrefday/OrganizeEvent.htm (199 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Have Your Say \| World Refugee Day: Ask Angelina Jolie
		I volunteered in a refugee camp a few years ago, and it was the personal stories of individuals that really had an effect on me. When we are prepared to view people as just numbers and statistics, and as some sort of parasite trying to drain our countries, we are missing the point.
		World Refugee Day is a chance for all who care to be vocal about this issue to voice their views.
		The refugees made refugees is a question what world politicians and countries who are behind them to change there attitude and be a bit responsible towards the human tragedies what they create.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/talking_point/3808501.stm (1596 words)

	DEV-World Refugee Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The day also marked the fiftieth anniversary of an international agreement on the importance of refugees.
		He said refugees are the greatest survivors of our time because they survive even after losing everything but hope.
		The U-N headquarters observed World Refugee Day with a ceremony at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
	www.manythings.org /voa/01/010709dr_t.htm (353 words)

	EuropaWorld 15/6/2001 Leaders Call for Respect on First Ever World Refugee Day
		"Refugees are finding that the welcome mat has worn thin," reflected UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, in his own message hailing what he called the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees, past and present.
		In Geneva, refugee women from around the world are participating in a three-day conference to share their experience and ideas, while in Pakistan, some 500 people attended a commemoration in Islamabad.
		The decision to observe World Refugee Day was made by the UN General Assembly in December 2000.
	www.europaworld.org /issue40/leaderscallforrespect122601.htm (439 words)

	US Dept of State - Armitage Recognizes World Refugee Day
		He said the United States is the largest donor to the world's foremost refugee advocacy agency, and this year alone has contributed $250 million to the international effort to aid those uprooted from their homelands.
		The United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees is also getting ready for the hundreds of thousands of refugees who will return home to Iraq, where they no longer need to fear repression, disappearance or torture for their faith, their ethnicity or their beliefs.
		Everywhere in the world where refugees and others are forced to roam, the staff of the UNHCR is there, often in difficult circumstances and in dangerous situations, offering people who have lost everything both help and hope.
	usinfo.state.gov /gi/Archive/2003/Jun/24-696872.html (1024 words)

	World Refugee Day 2005 - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day the world should turn its attention to the plight of refugees.
		On World Refugee Day, Amnesty International calls on governments across the globe to stop detaining asylum seekers and refugees unless it is in full accordance with their obligations under international human rights law.
		It also reminds governments of their obligation to fully respect the principle of non-refoulement and ensure that no one is sent to a country where they are at risk of human rights violations.
	web.amnesty.org /pages/369-200605-feature-eng (899 words)

	Buduburam Refugee settlement celebrates International Refugee Day 2004
		International Refugee Day was established by the decision of the UN General Assembly, primarily to express solidarity with Africa who hosts most of the refugees.
		This day is an opportunity to honor the efforts by countries, international agencies and various organizations to support the refugees.
		It is important to celebrate the Refugee Day in the camp.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2004/6/prweb134964.htm (516 words)

	World Refugee Day Focuses on Courage of Refugees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The United Nations refugee agency says more and more countries are shutting their doors to people in need of asylum.
		To mark World Refugee Day, June 20, the United Nations is focusing on the spirit and courage of the world's refugees.
		The UN refugee agency says the best solution for refugees is voluntary repatriation, but many people cannot go home.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-06-19-voa14.cfm (391 words)

	[Gsd-list] Plight of young DPs highlighted on World Refugee Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Plight of young DPs highlighted on World Refugee Day Dawn, By A Reporter 6/21/2003 http://www.dawn.com/2003/06/21/local19.htm ISLAMABAD, June 20: At present 0.3 million young refugees around the world are compelled to join the child army and fight as child soldiers.
		Joining more than 70 countries, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Pakistan, celebrated the third World Refugee Day in an effort to highlight the plight of young refugees suffering due to trauma of war and exile.
		There are 19,783,100 persons living as refugees around the world out of which 8,820,700 are living in different parts of Asia, 4,855,400 in Europe, 4,173,500 in Africa, 1,086,800 in North America, 765,400 in Latin America and Caribbean and 81,300 in Oceania.
	lists.isb.sdnpk.org /pipermail/gsd-list/2003-June/001148.html (537 words)

	The IRC Marks World Refugee Day 2003
		To mark World Refugee Day 2003 and celebrate the courage and contributions of refugees, IRC offices around the world are holding lectures, film screenings, exhibits and other events and presentations on the official day, June 20, and throughout the week.
		At a camp for Congolese refugees in northwestern Cibitoke Province, the IRC's education and youth health awareness programs are holding events to mark the day.
		In northern Uganda, a World Refugee Day festival will be held in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement (population 30,000) where the IRC provides assistance for mostly Sudanese refugees.
	www.charitywire.com /charity80/03534.html (1261 words)

	World Refugee Day - June 20
		One of the most widespread is Africa Refugee Day, which is celebrated on 20 June in several countries.
		As an expression of solidarity with Africa, which hosts the most refugees, and which traditionally has shown them great generosity, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 55/76 on 4 December 2000.
		In this resolution, the General Assembly noted that 2001 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and that the Organization of African Unity (OAU) had agreed to have International Refugee Day coincide with Africa Refugee Day on 20 June.
	www.un.org /depts/dhl/refugee (282 words)

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