World Refugee Day

• Ben Stiller meets Zelenskyy in Kyiv, tells president ‘You’re my hero’

  Ben Stiller, who was visiting Ukraine as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, gushed about Volodymyr Zelenskyy upon meeting, telling the president, 'You’re amazing.'

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  Jun 21, 2022
  
• World Refugee Day: London, Ont., group highlights local excellence and personal stories

  In recognizing World Refugee Day, The Cross Cultural Learning Centre (CCLC) in London, Ont., hosted their 14th annual Life As A Refugee (LAAR) virtual event.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2022
  
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• The number of people displaced worldwide is at an all-time high. Can Canada do more?

  Only half a percent of refugees worldwide were able to resettle in new homes in 2019.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2020
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• Former refugee draws from own experience to help others

  Thursday is World Refugee Day, and one Winnipeg man is drawing from his own experience as a refugee to help others. 

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2019
• Eritrea refugee shares his harrowing story of finding safety in Lethbridge on World Refugee Day

  It can be a harrowing journey, as millions flea their home countries to find safety and refuge in others, and during World Refugee Day one man shared his four year voyage to safety that eventually landed him in Lethbridge.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2018
• U.S. boasts about helping ‘most vulnerable’ on World Refugee Day — here are the facts

  U.S. President Donald Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. is a world leader in helping refugees around the world.

  World

  Jun 20, 2018
• Refugee advocates deliver ‘toy pile of shame’ to Canadian immigration minister’s office

  Coinciding with World Refugee Day, the event saw participants congregate outside Hussen's constituency office in Toronto. They called for an end to the Safe Third Country agreement with the United States.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2018
• B.C. premier adds to voices bashing U.S. policy to separate asylum seeking families

  B.C. Premier John Horgan is condemning the United States government's actions to separate children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

  Politics

  Jun 20, 2018
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• Ivanka Trump salutes refugees before people remind her what her dad said about them

  "Are you clueless, or just have no shame?"

  World

  Jun 20, 2017
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• Liberals pressured to hold true to refugee rhetoric, reform system

  Opposition MPs applied political pressure on the Liberal government to honour a long-standing promise to refugees by overhauling Canada's asylum system.

  Jun 20, 2017