16 June 2012

Refugee Weeks/World Refugee Day

We're entering the period leading up to World Refugee Day on 20 June 2012.  For information on country-wide events in Australia and the UK, visit:

Refugee Week Australia, 17-23 June 2012 [info]
- Theme is "Restoring Hope." View the poster.

Refugee Week UK, 18-24 June 2012 [info]
- Theme is "Different Pasts, Shared Future." View posters.

The focus of this year's World Refugee Day is UNHCR's "Dilemmas" campaign, which "depicts some of the tough choices facing refugees, helping the public to empathize with, and understand, their dilemma."  For a review of some of the activities scheduled to take place around the world, read this press release.  Campaign resources are available here.  Listen to Angelina Jolie's PSA here.

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