Regina Open Door Society hosts World Refugee Day event at Victoria Park
The event featured various cultural performances, including singers and dancers.
Refugees from many different backgrounds were in attendance, with some who arrived as recently as this year and others who have been here for decades.
'There are folks who have come here as refugees, such as from Vietnam or Chile many years ago,' said Victoria Flores, who is the Communications Manager at Open Door Society.
'For them, this [event] would be a way to remember those memories of when they first moved here. Whereas folks who are coming here from places where there's still ongoing conflict, it's a much different experience. It's not remembering what happened, but about what's currently happening, while they still have friends and family back home,' she added.
Since starting in 1976, the Regina Open Door Society has spent almost 50 years supporting refugees from around the world.
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