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AP video: The Jouriyeh family escaped from Syria as their town was being bombed and are now settling in the United States. They are in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego, where ̽����ѡ staff and volunteers of the are helping them overcome the trauma of war and rebuild their lives in their new home.

This World Refugee Day, and every day, welcome refugees and all that they bring to your community.

Refugees want the things we all want. By standing with refugees you help the world's most vulnerable people to rebuild their lives--and restore our shared humanity.

When forced to flee their homes, refugees can only carry so much in their arms, but they bring so many intangible gifts to their new communities: hopes and dreams, experiences and talents, traditions and family stories, resilience and determination.

When asked how her family story has shaped her, Juno Englander, whose father fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the Second World War, answers without hesitation: "That one must never give up, that one must always see the positive."  Today, Juno’s father’s spirit also inspires his grandson, film and television actor Lucas Englander.  “He just tried as an individual to do his utmost to help people, or make a difference politically