World Refugee Day 2003: Slovakia

20 June 2003

UNHCR

Ibrahim Maiga with dancers from Africa at the beneficiary concert in Gabcikovo, south Slovakia. © UNHCR/M.Cierna

An outdoor beneficiary concert was held at the refugee site Gabcikovo, in south Slovakia.

Latino flash at the Gabcikovo concert.

It featured popular artists like Peha and Ibrahim Maiga, as well as other multicultural performances.

Popular Slovak group Peha with the singer Katka Knechtovaday.

In Bratislava, young refugees met with Slovakian Parliamentarians at an event where the Handbook for Parliamentarians, "Refugee Protection: A Guide to International Refugee Law" was presented, beside a photo exhibition, "Refugees in Slovakia and in the World".

Refugee children meeting Members of Parliament and other guests at the opening of a photo exhibition.

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