June 20 is World Refugee Day, and the International Rescue Committee brought together a group of celebrities to take an important stand for refugees.
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In a new video, Mandy Patinkin, Lena Headey, and Keegan-Michael Key speak directly to refugees who also happened to be important figures in recent history.
Freddie Mercury, Albert Einstein, Gloria Estefan, and more were all refugees, the video points out.
“The story you needed to tell, and that the world needed to hear, might never have been written,” Patinkin says, speaking of writer Elie Wiesel. “Millions of hearts and minds might never have been opened or challenged.”
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The video asks viewers to “imagine what we lose if refugees lose our support.”
