City of Refuge Celebrates World Refugee Day

City of Refuge celebrates World Refugee Day

Many of the vendors featured at the Summer Market were refugee- and immigrant-owned businesses selling artisan goods.

Statement on World Refugee Day

Please read the following statement from Elizabeth May, MP for Saanich–Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, recognising World Refugee Day: “Today is World Refugee Day. Conflict, natural disasters and the accelerating impacts of climate change have led to the highest degree of displacement worldwide since World War II. At a time when their basic human rights are increasingly ignored, I stand in solidarity with refugees.” The post…