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Refugee Week Exhibition
Published: on 17th June 2008 by Alix Peacock in Minster News
York Minster has welcomed an exhibition of information on refugees and asylum seekers throughout the world to mark National Refugee Week. The exhibition will run between Friday 13th June and Sunday 22 nd June 2008. Refugee Action York has organised the display, which includes not only information about voluntary bodies working with refugees and asylum seekers across Yorkshire and Humberside, but also national organizations such the Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture and the Minority Rights Group, and international ones such as Amnesty International and UNHCR.
The Revd Canon Dr. Jonathan Draper, and members of Refugee Action York will welcome Bishop of Selby - The Rt. Rev. Martin Wallace, The Rt Hon Lord Mayor of York - Councillor Brian Watson, and the Sheriff of York - Hon. Alderman David Wilde, to the Minster on Monday 16th June 2008 to officially open and view the display. The Canon will greet the party on the South Steps of the Minster at 14.00 hrs. Dates, times and venues for other events during Refugee Week are as shown in the attached programme leaflet. Refugee Action York is a local voluntary organisation which was founded in 2000 and has been organising local events for Refugee Week since 2002. The principal aim of Refugee Week is to raise awareness and understanding of the reasons why people seek sanctuary, dispel the many myths surrounding asylum seekers, and to celebrate the contribution of refugees in the United Kingdom. Refugee Action York works throughout the year; in particular it runs a weekly drop-in centre at St Columba’s URC Church for Kurdish and Turkish mothers and their children resident in the city.