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Refugee Food Festival to be observed in Europe in June: UN

Xinhua, May 11, 2017 Adjust font size:

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Thursday announced that a Refugee Food Festival will be observed in June in some parts of Europe to showcase refugees' cooking talents and facilitate their integration into new communities.

"Our colleagues at UNHCR today announced that a Refugee Food Festival will be taking place in 13 major European cities this summer," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here. "The festival seeks to showcase refugees' cooking talents and facilitate integration into their new countries."

On June 15-30, some 50 restaurants will be opening their kitchens to refugee chefs from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, Somalia, Syria and Ukraine, to name a few, the spokesman said.

The 2017 edition of the Refugee Food Festival will take place in Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Athens, Amsterdam, Florence, Rome, Milan, Bari, Marseille, Bordeaux, Lyon and Lille as part of World Refugee Day celebrations.

The first edition took place in Paris in June 2016. Over 1,000 people enjoyed the food prepared by refugee chefs. Endit