Europe Vancouver

Canadian centre: Demonstrators gathered on the Pacific shoreline to add their voices to a global call for governments to offer people seeking asylum with safe transportation to Europe, according to Toronto Star. Vancouver was the only Canadian centre to participate in the event, dubbed Safe Passage, which took place in more than 120 cities, mostly within Europe. The display, which took place on Saturday, was staged in solidarity with the tens of thousands of refugees and migrants who have embarked on the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean, fleeing conflict and looking for a new life in Europe. Syrian immigrant Danny Ramadan, 32, stressed to the gathered throng, many of whom held signs with the line #safepassage4all, that migrants and refugees are just like ordinary Canadians. They did it because they had to, Ramadan said. When we talk about Syrian people now, we stereotype them as refugees, as if they were born into seeking refuge. ... We forget that they did not make that journey because they can. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.