This year, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Richmond is bringing the community together to celebrate refugee families who now call the Greater Richmond area their home. On Saturday, June 22 ...

World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honor refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20th and shines a light on the rights, needs and dreams of ...

Although Juneteenth has come and gone, there is still a chance to celebrate culture, diversity and independence as Thursday marks the 24th annual World Refugee Day. The three resettlement agencies in ...

What is World Refugee Day? Each year on June 20th, the world celebrates World Refugee Day. This day honors those forced to flee their homes and courageously resettle in new lands. World Refugee Day is ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A celebration was held outside Syracuse City Hall Friday to honor the refugees that have come to the city from all over the world in a special flag raising ceremony to recognize ...

GENEVA - A classical music concert at UNHCR's Geneva headquarters, an Africa symposium in Tokyo with High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers, a celebrity-led refugee festival in the United States, as well as ...

This story was originally produced by the Concord Monitor. NHPR is republishing it in partnership with the Granite State News Collaborative. A few things in the world can reliably bring different ...

On June 20 we recognized World Refugee Day – a day set aside every year to remember vulnerable people who have fled their country out of fear of further persecution if they were to return. Who are the ...

Members of Amaneceres de Mexico twirled their skirts in bright swirls of color Friday on the stage outside the downtown Allen County Public Library. The audience, shaded under a white tent, erupted ...

JERRY, THE NIGHT STARTED OFF WITH DINNER AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WHERE THEY SHARED THEIR OWN PERSONAL STORIES, WHERE THEY FLED THEIR COUNTRIES. THAT’S WHERE I MET FATIMA MOUSSA. I GOT HOME, THEY FOUND ME ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — June 20 is World Refugee Day and Syracuse has already begun its celebrations. During the early afternoon, a flag-raising ceremony was held in city hall where numerous members of the ...

Holding true to a vow she made in middle school, Quinn Hennessy is a mentor to refugee kids getting a new start in Utah.