Saturday, June 25, 2011

World Refugee Day Celebrates Survival

World Refugee Day was celebrated around the world and also in New Haven. - - Donna Poisl

New Haven-based refugee organization, IRIS, celebrates World Refugee Day with art, theater, music, dance and food.

By Noah Golden

Hundreds of people from the Greater New Haven area gathered at the Henry L. Luce Hall on June 22 to celebrate World Refugee Day.

While World Refugee Day is celebrated all around the world, this event was sponsored by Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS), the New Haven-based organization that, according to its website, “resettles approximately 200 refugees each year...[and] provides some services to asylees and other immigrants.”
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