In their article, "'Welcoming The Stranger' And UNHCR's Cooperation with Faith-Based Organizations”, Riera and Poirier discuss the “common values underpinning the notion of refugee protection in all of the world’s major religions” (64), and emphasizes the joining of the major world religions uniting to help refugees.  Riera and Porier support their arguments with facts about the day of the promise and the purpose of UNCHR along with its importance. The authors’ purpose is to inform the public about how religious organizations are stepping up to help the refugees and encourage and persuade people to help as well. The authors’ objective tone in this article, only providing facts and solid data, reveals that the article was intended for an educated, everyday normal audience; not doctors or lawyers, but normal everyday people that read the news.

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