Summary: <p>Hosts Stuart and William, mark World Refugee Day, in this bonus episode of The People's Countryside Environmental Debate Podcast.</p> <p>World Refugee Day honours the strength and courage of refugees, and encourages public awareness and support of the refugees, people who have had to flee their home lands because of conflict or natural disaster.</p> <p>Refugees are vulnerable and in need, and are often misunderstood and maligned. They can often have very little or none of their possessions and little food, because they’ve had to leave their homes with nothing or with what they can carry. They suffer cold, hunger, trauma, despair, disease, violence and loss. The awareness day is to help public understanding of refugees as well as raising support and help.</p> <p>Across the world, agencies, both governmental and non-governmental, work tirelessly to help refugees. Yet with people being made refugees daily, more help and awareness is constantly needed, to ensure that refugees are treated fairly and provided for. rather than being neglected or shunned, which is why there are projects to re-settle and provide for refugees. So World Refugee Day highlights all of this. And now it also marks the launch of the ‘With Refugees’ petition, which will state the needs and potential rights of refugees.</p> <p>You can find out more about World Refugee Day on the following website: <a href="https://www.unhcr.org/world-refugee-day">https://www.unhcr.org/world-refugee-day</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message
