World Refugee Day 2010
Sunday 20 June is World Refugee Day. First marked in 2001, World Refugee Day is an attempt to get the international community to remember the plight of the world’s millions of refugees.
A series of events and activities in more than 100 countries will seek to promote a better understanding of why people become refugees, and to highlight the challenges involved in trying to help them. These events will involve government officials, humanitarian aid workers, celebrities, civilians and the forcibly displaced themselves.
- UNHCR: World Refugee Day 2010
- Video: High Commissioner António Guterres’ message for World Refugee Day
- Red Cross – Look Beyond the Label
- Simple Acts: learn and do more with refugees
- FMO: resources on World Refugee Day and Refugee Week