MEDIA ADVISORY - Parliamentary Secretary Lalonde to host a documentary screening to mark World Refugee Day

OTTAWA, ON, June 19, 2023 /CNW/ - Marie-France Lalonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, will mark World Refugee Day by attending the documentary film screening, Memories In A Box: Across Borders, by Afghan Human Rights Defenders. This short film chronicles the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO)'s harrowing 5-month journey from Afghanistan to Edmonton, following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021.

Parliamentary Secretary Lalonde will be joined by:

• Hadi Marifat, Executive Director of the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization
• Eoin Murray, Vice-president, Immigration and Settlement Service, Catholic Social Services
• Scott Harris, Associate Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
• Jennifer MacIntyre, Assistant Deputy Minister, Afghanistan, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Date:	Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Time (all times local):	6:00 p.m. – Remarks
	6:30 p.m. – Film screening begins
	7:00 p.m. – Audience QA, Media interviews and b-roll
Location:	Kailash Mital Theatre, Carleton University
	Southam Hall (adjacent to Parking Lot # 1)
	1125 Colonel By Drive
	Ottawa, ON  K1S 5B6

Notes for media:

• Media attending the event in person are asked to arrive no later than 5:45 p.m. ET
• The film, Memories In A Box: Across Borders, will be presented in its original language (no French subtitles)
• Media will have the opportunity to conduct interviews and record b-roll following the film screening

SOURCE Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

For more information (media only): Bahoz Dara Aziz, Minister's Office, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, [email protected]; Media Relations, Communications Branch, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, 613-952-1650, [email protected]