For several years, World Refugee Day has been celebrated in Lithuania, and this year, organizations with long-standing experience in migration are coming together to create a week-long program of events. We invite you to celebrate the contribution, creativity, and resilience of refugees and asylum seekers from June 13-20 across Lithuania during Refugee Week.
The Refugee Week program is being created together with organizations such as Maltiečiai – Order of Malta Relief Organization, Lithuanian Caritas, International Organization for Migration, Refugee Council Lithuania, Ukreate Hub, Red Cross, Refugee Reception Center, Save the Children, and Sienos Group
Refugee Week events program:
- June 13, 6:00 PM Vilnius. Artscape Arts Agency. Refugee Week: Cultural Rhythms. Opening programme.
- June 14, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Vilnius. Foreigners’ Integration Center. Doors Open Day.
- June 15, 4:00 PM Vilnius. Valentina Ryvlina and House of Histories. Stolen Art. Artworks appropriated by Russia.
- June 16, 4:00 PM Vilnius. Lithuanian Red Cross. Movie screening “Raving Iran” . Registration for the event is required here.
- June 17, 6:30 PM Vilnius. Lithuanian Red Cross. Henna (Chna) workshop with women from Iran and Morocco. Registration for the event is required here.
- June 17, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Vilnius. Lithuanian Migration Information Center – MiCenter. Our stories of Migration: quiz with Narmin.
- June 17, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Online. Refugee Reception Center. Disscusion online ,,Refugee Integration in Lithuanian labour market”.
- June 18, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Kaunas. Lithuanian Red Cross. Red Cross excursion “City tour with stories”.
- June 18, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Vilnius. Lithuanian Migration Information Center – MiCenter. Journey Home: Stories of Refugees – Performance of the playback theater “Vakhtery”.
- June 18, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM Vilnius. Refugee Council. Training Session: Transforming Business Ideas into Branded Ventures.
- June 19, 4:30 PM Vilnius. Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania and Artscape Arts Agency, Sapiegos Palace. Performance “El Dorado” and discussion “Migration Through the Eyes of a Young Emerging Creative: challenges and opportunities”.
- June 20, 6:00 PM Vilnius. Ministry of Social Security and Labour of Lithuania and Artscape Arts Agency. Music Festival. Cultural Rhythms: World Refugee Day.
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Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contribution, creativity, and resilience of refugees and asylum seekers. This annual festival coincides with World Refugee Day, which is observed worldwide on June 20. In 2024, Refugee Week in Lithuania is coordinated by #Artscape, and the week’s events will take place from June 13 to 20.
June 12, 2024