[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17005]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         U.N. WORLD REFUGEE DAY

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                       HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 21, 2007

  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize and honor U.N. World Refugee Day. Some 40 million people 
worldwide are uprooted by violence and persecution.
  It is likely that in the future we will see even more people on the 
run--as a growing number of push factors compound one another to create 
conditions for further forced displacement.
  People do not just flee persecution and war but also injustice, 
exclusion, environmental pressures, competition for scarce resources 
and all the miserable human consequences of dysfunctional states. We 
need to rise together to advocate for the plight of refugees.
  We need to raise global awareness to remedy the conditions for which 
people are forced to leave their homes and become refugees.

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