30 July 2021
The World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation are collaborating to host a joint event on human trafficking. The event will take place on 30 July 2021, the World Day Against Trafficking in persons. This day provides an opportunity to sound the alarm about the horrible crime of human trafficking as well as for governments, faith based organizations and other partners to reaffirm their commitment to end this gross violation of human rights.
!["All Iraqis are trying to leave," Clara - a young woman working for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus and a refugee herself - told the WCC delegation. "Since one year the United Nations tell us that they will find a solution [for Iraqi refugees in the region], but nothing happens."](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/newsItem/wjV59XHs.jpeg?itok=YIkp9xNl "\"All Iraqis are trying to leave,\" Clara - a young woman working for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Damascus and a refugee herself - told the WCC delegation. \"Since one year the United Nations tell us that they will find a solution [for Iraqi refugees in the region], but nothing happens.\"")