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World Refugee Day seems to have a more significant meaning each year. There are more refugees in the world today than ever before since World War II. While for a long time for most of us in Europe refugees were thought to be one of the abstract phenomena that is taken care of by international organizations, this past year this phenomenon came knocking on our doors asking for shelter.  Even those of us who didn’t meet them face to face on the streets on a daily basis could easily understand what it means to see their faces among the news…

I get regular updates from change.org, but haven’t got this one yet, just now Christiane Amanpour mentioned it in the end of her show. Anyway, I signed it. Here’s the link if you want to sign it too:  http://www.change.org/petitions/asma-al-assad-stop-the-bloodshed-in-syria# (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)