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Joe Byrne: Pei Association and Canada

joe byrne: There's no limit for your dreams ' Syrian family finds home in P.E.I. June 20 is World Refugee Day, and walks were held in cities across Canada, according to CBC. When you hear people's stories the horror, the stress, the fear is one of the first things we hear, said Joe Byrne with the PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada. Jean Elementary School and the PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada marched along Charlottetown's sidewalks Tuesday to raise awareness about issues facing refugees. But when you start to listen, you also see the signs of hope, the strength, the courage, the ability to focus and keep going, It was really bad' About 800 refugees have made P.E.I. their home in recent years. Ten-year-old Joshua Gasana's family fled Uganda for Canada two years ago. We had little food and little water,' said Joshua Gasana, 10, of his family's life in Uganda before fleeing to Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.