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The Latest Breaking News from World Refugee Day

As the world marks World Refugee Day this month, millions of people remain displaced by conflict, persecution and instability.

Bangkok Post

ICE Agents Clear Immigration Court During Clergy Visit: 'The Red Sea Parted'

On June 20, World Refugee Day, while two immigration cases were heard at San Diego, California's Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building, agents were nowhere to be found following a clergy delegation led by Bishop-elect Michael Pham.

Latin Times

Refugee numbers reach record high as global aid funding drops

Aid and human rights agencies gathered on Friday under the umbrella of World Refugee Day to call for solidarity with people forced to flee their homes due to war, persecution or famine at a time when global funding for aid is dropping.

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World Refugee Day: Prolonged refugee separation is harming families — and Canada’s economy

As World Refugee Day approaches on June 20, advocates and health experts are calling on the Canadian government to urgently address prolonged family separation for refugees. With wait times for family reunification now averaging more than four years, critics say the delays are causing irreparable harm to refugee families and…

The Conversation

World Refugee Day 2024: everything you need to know

This year’s theme is Solidarity with Refugees

Evening Standard

World Refugee Day: Iranian singer Shab on fleeing her home, oppression and her hopes for the future

Pop singer fled Iran as a child and has since become a vocal campaigner for women’s rights

The Independent UK

Criminals, terrorists and freeloaders: how migrants are portrayed in the European media

The sinking of a boat off the coast of Greece transformed World Refugee Day, celebrated the June 20, into a day of mourning. There were an estimated 750 people on board, 70 were confirmed to have died and only 104 were rescued from the wreckage – leaving many unaccounted for.

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On World Refugee Day, cuisines from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Myanmar, came together in Chennai

Chennai got a taste of traditional dishes from Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Afganistan like Kabuli pulao, dhooi pila and sodhi cooked by refugees residing in Tamil Nadu at the Refugee Food Festival in Semmozhi Poonga.

The Hindu

World cannot turn a blind eye to Rohingya problem

World Refugee Day was celebrated on June 20. As Bangladesh has not yet signed the 1951 Refugee Convention, there is no merit in not officially celebrating this red-letter day.

Bangkok Post

Nine Egyptians in Greek court over migrant ship disaster

More than 500 still missing in Mediterranean on World Refugee Day

The Independent UK

UN official praises Kenya's refugee integration program, says $200 million pledged, more needed

Marking World Refugee Day, Kenya’s president has met with a top U.N. official to discuss a new plan to integrate refugees into host communities

The Independent UK

World Refugee Day is a Good Time to Consider Expanding the Ridiculously Narrow Legal Definition of "Refugee"

The definition excludes a vast range of people fleeing horrific violence and oppression.

Reason

Forced to flee or too poor to leave: how climate change affects refugees

On this year’s World Refugee Day, a record number of people are displaced – some 110 million, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. People continue to be forced from their homes by conflict, persecution and insecurity, and increasingly by disasters related to climate change.

Radio France Internationale

World Refugee Day: Ukrainian mother ‘smiles during day but cries at night’ year after escaping Putin invasion

Yulia Dubovyk opens up about her new life in the UK and what she left behind

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World Refugee Day: Sri Lankan, Afghan, and Myanmar refugees set to cook regional delicacies for a food festival in Chennai

An upcoming two-day Refugee Food Festival, Oorum Unnavum, is being held in Chennai to commemorate World Refugee Day themed on Hope away from Home.

The Hindu

Refugees as assets to their new countries

On World Refugee Day, the world must unite with refugees and displaced persons, recognising their strength, indomitable hope, and untapped potential

Evening Standard

When is World Refugee Day 2023 and how can you participate?

This year’s theme is the importance of economic and social inclusion for those fleeing conflict and persecution

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Hundreds from across the globe now calling Philly home celebrate World Refugee Day at the zoo

PHILADELPHIA — The trail between the zebra and giraffe enclosures at the Philadelphia Zoo was filled with chatter in different languages — including Ukrainian, Burmese, Swahili, and Pashto. About 300 people from all over the world and of various ages had come together Sunday at America’s first zoo to celebrate…

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Russian Journalist’s Nobel Peace Prize Fetches Record $103.5 Mln at Auction to Aid Ukraine Children

Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia's last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal for a record $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine. All proceeds from the auction, which coincided with the World…

Reuters

Mexican migrant advocates demand end to deportations, detention

Mexican human rights organizations marked World Refugee Day on Monday by speaking out against the government's response to migrants entering the country, as record refugee claims are met with mass arrests and deportations.

ABC News

Perth refugees urge Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to end temporary protection visas

Refugees and advocates call on the federal government to put an urgent end to temporary protection visas at a gathering in the Perth CBD on Monday on World Refugee Day.

Radio France Internationale

Ivorians who fled to Liberia return 'home', no longer considered refugees by UN

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has announced the end of the refugee status given to Ivorians who fled political crises in their country to reside in neighboring Liberia. To mark the occasion, the human rights organisation's Chief Filippo Grandi was in the northeastern town of Buuto on World Refugee…

The Independent UK

Ben Stiller visits Ukraine on World Refugee Day and meets President Zelensky: ‘You’re my hero’

Stiller is a long-term Goodwill ambassador for UNHCR – the UN refugee agency

France 24

Unaccompanied migrant children stuck in limbo in Belgium

To mark World Refugee Day, we head to Belgium, where several hundred unaccompanied minors are still waiting for a legal guardian. Under Belgian law, all foreign minors arriving into the country unaccompanied by an adult must be assigned a legal guardian in order to register with the authorities. But the…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The US marks World Refugee Day, even as it accepts fewer refugees

PHILADELPHIA — Monday is World Refugee Day, the annual honoring of those forced to flee dangerous homelands and try to rebuild their lives in new countries.

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