World Refugee Day 2007 National Activities: Lebanon
World Refugee Day 2007 National Activities: Lebanon
20 June 2007
Kids play in a neighbourhood populated mostly by Iraqi refugees. Because refugees are not allowed to work in Syria, children often must take informal jobs to help support their families.
© UNHCR/M.Bernard
UNHCR celebrated WRD with a low-key ceremony on 20 June attended by UNHCR staff, partners and refugees at a refugee community centre run by Arc en Ciel. Activities included an exhibition of paintings by Iraqi refugees, an exhibition of handicrafts, speeches by refugee children, poetry reading and other activities.
Articles in popular newspapers addressed refugee issues.