In additio=
n to its ongoing legal counseling and legal aid activity that was able to a=
ssist more than 35 case since the beginning of this year program; and its o=
ngoing efforts towards networking with other actors; and ongoing research t=
hat was culminated by the publication of a major report on the detention of=
refugees and asylum seekers in Lebanon, Frontiers carried out these main a=
ctivities in May/ June 2006:
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nbsp;WORLD REFUGEE DAY (WRD=
)
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On 20 June of each year, the international community celebrates WRD, in a d=
iversity of forms and ways, but all have at least one common thing: celebra=
te Refugees, celebrate refugees’ Courage and Inspiration; Keep the ho=
pe flame awake….
This year, Frontiers organized, in cooperation with=
UNHCR and a coalition of NGOs preparing the event in Lebanon, a solidarity=
and delocalized advocacy celebration at the municipality of Ghobeiry. Many=
cultural and artistic activities were performed, to celebrate the courage =
and inspiration of refugees….
Many other activities were planned in Lebanon, by U=
NHCR and a coalition of NGOs working with refugees, e.g. MECC, Caritas, MDM=
, AJEM, LAHR, DRC and FR. These activities included artistic and cultural e=
vents in different places involving and evoking refugees’ culture and=
civilization.
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nbsp;TRAINING “INTRODUCTION TO REFUGEE LAW” =
On 28, 29 April and 1 May, =
Frontiers provided an introductory training t=
o refugee law to lawyers and social workers working with refugees in detent=
ion.
16 t=
rainees benefited from an
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