The Refugee Food Festival is expanding to 13 European cities, including Athens for 2017 and from the 18th till the 22nd of June. The festival is an initiative of UNHCR for the World Refugee Day on June 20th, and is supported by the Greek Refugee Forum, Solidarity Now and Melissa Network of Migrant Women in Greece. SolidarityNow participates in the festival with two of its beneficiaries in the hosting scheme project, Barshnk Haj Younes and Abdulrahman Al Hallak.