Uprooted, vulnerable refugees aided

Submitted on June 25, 2009

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Carmen Blanco

WASHINGTON (CNS) — More than 42 million people worldwide have been forcibly uprooted from their country and forced to live in refugee camps indefinitely.

These camps do not provide the most basic essentials to which the average person is accustomed. Hygiene, safety and education are dire issues.

Yet, many refugees continuously find the strength, will and motivation to endure these conditions.

“Refugees are not only the most vulnerable people in the world, but also the most resilient,” Angelina Jolie, goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said during an event in Washington on World Refugee Day June 18.

A paragon of this resiliency and determination are Khagendra and Ganga Baral, Bhutanese refugees who spoke at the refugee day event and also told their story at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops later that day. The USCCB’s Migration and Refugee Services played a key role in helping the Barals resettle to Phoenix.

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