Monday 20 June 2011

Today is UNCR World Refugee Day - time to remember that Refugees R Us

The global theme for UNHCR World Refugee Day in 2011 is “One  refugee without hope is too manyand it’s time to remember that Refugees R Us.
Many of our own forebears came almost penniless to Australia after 1788 because they had been dispossessed in Scotland, were persecuted because of their religion in Ireland, experienced poverty and discrimination across England, endured years of political upheaval and cultural suppression in various European states or were fleeing catastrophic wars and sometimes genocide.

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