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From YouTube: World Refugee Day June 20, 2019

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This year Mayor Frey, City and community leaders, activists and local artists gathered at City Hall on World Refugee Day to recognize the strength, resilience and contributions of Minneapolis’ many refugee communities.

The United Nations established June 20 as World Refugee Day to recognize the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Status of Refugees and the millions of people worldwide who have been forced from home because of war and persecution.

Learn more about the Neighborhood and Community Relations Department’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs at http://www.minneapolismn.gov/ncr/oira/index.htm