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           Refugee children get together on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)

                Asylum seekers and migrants should not be forgotten on
World Refugee Day, said the Geneva-based International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies, which claims to provide for the needs
of 3.5 million refugees and displaced people worldwide.

"Tens of millions of people are on the move.  Many do not fall into
specific categories like refugees but face a bleak future if their
rights are not recognized and defended. This is where the Red Cross/Red
Crescent Movement can build on the work it is already doing,
particularly on behalf of refugees and displaced people, in order to
protect and defend the rights of migrants and asylum seekers", explains
Robbie Thomson, Population Movement Advisor to the Federation in its
today statement. The Federation has currently 176 member Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies around the world.

In New Delhi, about a hundred refugee children from various countries
including Burma, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan jointed together today
in New Delhi by signing and dancing to mark the World Refugee Day. The
get-together organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refuges (UNHCR) in India was held this afternoon at the YMCA office in
Vikas Puri, west Delhi.

"Many people continue to leave Burma to the neighboring countries due to
the military repression such as forced labor, forced relocation and the
denial of basic rights. There are about one thousand Burmese refugees
currently living in New Delhi and only seven hundred of them are
recognized by the UNHCR", said Mr. Nyunt Hla, a member of the All
Burmese Refugees Committee (ABRC) based in Delhi. "We need the support
from UNHCR, Indian government, NGOs for these refugees whose rights are
not guaranteed", he added.



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<center><b><u><font color="#3366FF"><font size=+2>Refugee children get
together on World Refugee Day</font></font></u></b></center>

<p><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>June 20, 2001</font></font>
<br><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Mizzima News Group <a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>(www.mizzima.com)</a></font></font>
<p><font size=+1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Asylum seekers and migrants should not be forgotten on World Refugee Day,
said the Geneva-based International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies, which claims to provide for the needs of 3.5 million refugees
and displaced people worldwide.</font>
<p><font size=+1>"Tens of millions of people are on the move.&nbsp; Many
do not fall into specific categories like refugees but face a bleak future
if their rights are not recognized and defended. This is where the Red
Cross/Red Crescent Movement can build on the work it is already doing,
particularly on behalf of refugees and displaced people, in order to protect
and defend the rights of migrants and asylum seekers", explains Robbie
Thomson, Population Movement Advisor to the Federation in its today statement.
The Federation has currently 176 member Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
around the world.</font>
<p><font size=+1>In New Delhi, about a hundred refugee children from various
countries including Burma, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan jointed together
today in New Delhi by signing and dancing to mark the World Refugee Day.
The get-together organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refuges (UNHCR) in India was held this afternoon at the YMCA office in
Vikas Puri, west Delhi.</font>
<p><font size=+1>"Many people continue to leave Burma to the neighboring
countries due to the military repression such as forced labor, forced relocation
and the denial of basic rights. There are about one thousand Burmese refugees
currently living in New Delhi and only seven hundred of them are recognized
by the UNHCR", said Mr. Nyunt Hla, a member of the All Burmese Refugees
Committee (ABRC) based in Delhi. "We need the support from UNHCR, Indian
government, NGOs for these refugees whose rights are not guaranteed", he
added.</font>
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