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World Refugee Day

World Refugee Day
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World Refugee Day - 20 June

Every year, UNHCR organizes a number of activities around the world for World Refugee Day to highlight the plight of refugees and to advocate on their behalf for the help they need.

UNHCR country offices in Central Europe in cooperation with local governments, NGOs, corporate partners and the academia also prepare a wide variety of events ranging from cultural evening, public screening to photo exhibition as well as carry out awareness-raising and outreach activities with the help of the local and international media.

20 June is a day on which we remember the world’s refugees and extend our encouragement, support and respect to them. UNHCR believes that even one person forced to flee persecution or war is simply one too many.

Join us celebrating World Refugee Day and show that you care. How?

Learn – listen to a refugee story under News and Human story and learn about our activities in Central Europe under Where we work.

Take action – share our World Refugee Day pictures and video messages, download our World Refugee Day screensaver and Facebook timeline covers and put our World Refugee Day banner on your website.

Spread the word – share how we celebrate World Refugee Day across Central Europe in 2012 with your friends and colleagues.

Join and follow us on social media:

Twitter - follow and retweet our live reports

You Tube - watch and share our videos

Facebook - like UNHCR Central Europe

Follow and share our photo stream on Flickr

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World Refugee Day 2012

Noone chooses to be a refugee. Listen to UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie’s message for this year’s World Refugee Day.

 

Make it your World Refugee Day

Download and use our Dilemma banners, Facebook timeline covers and screensavers and support our Dilemma campaign.

Banners

Animated and static banner in size 300x250 and 728x90

If you choose our static banner, link it to www.unhcr-centraleurope.org/takeaction

Facebook timeline covers

Cover 1: stay or flee

Cover 2: behind the border

Cover 3: facing dilemma

Cover 4: what would you do

Screensaver

Dilemma screensaver for PC and MAC

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