Today is World Refugee Day.
To mark the occasion the Multicultural Association of Perth Huron is hosting an event today in Stratford.
A refugee from the Sudan will be at the Red Cross offices on Gordon Street this morning at 10:30AM.
Geza Wordofa from the Multicultural Association says the man will talk about his life before coming to Canada two years ago and what it’s like now.
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Wordofa says the speaker will highlight the rights and freedoms home-grown Canadians take for granted.
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The number of refugees in the world is over 50 million this year according to the United Nations refugee agency.
