by Susan | Jul 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 18, 1979 Canada began accepting 50,000 Vietnamese boat people into the country; 24,000 of the refugees were sponsored by the government and the rest through some 7,000 private humanitarian...
by Susan | Jun 4, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 4, 1939 During what became known as the “Voyage of the Damned,” the SS St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany to the U.S., was turned away from the Florida coast. The ship, also denied permission to dock in Cuba, eventually returned to...
by Susan | Mar 24, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
March 24, 1949President Harry S Truman signed a U.S. resolution authorizing $16 million in aid for Palestinian refugees displaced and facing starvation as a result of Israel’s War of Independence in 1948, half of the United Nations aid package. At the signing,...
