On June 19—20, 2009 International Contest on Refugee Law "New Horizon" took place in the Academy of Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
Cadets of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, the Border Troops Faculty of the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus? the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic named major-general of militia E. A. Aliev, Kiev National University of Internal Affairs, Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan participated in the contest.
The contest consisted of several laps: "Prologue" (participants introduced their educational institutions and knowledge of the theme), "Legal Marathon" (theoretical lap), "Contest of Poster" and "Refugee Way" (practical lap). The contest was aimed at spreading information about problems of refugees in Belarus and in other countries and at organizing of work with asylum seekers and refugees. Participants of the contest are future workers of appropriate institutions, who will work with this category of individuals.
In keen struggle the first place won team of the Academy of Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, the second place took guests from Kyrgyzstan, the third — last year's winners — cadets of the Border Troops Faculty of the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus.