Sentences with phrase «fleeing persecution»

«Someone who is fleeing persecution and may be tortured or killed if forced to go back to their home country does not.»

There are more people fleeing persecution today than at any time since World War II.

We are a nation of laws, yet we do not provide legal support in any comprehensive way for the millions of people who can not afford a lawyer when they really need one — victims of natural disasters, battered women, children fleeing persecution in their home countries, and many others.

Whether I am working with a young woman fleeing persecution or defending a hardworking father from deportation after establishing a life here for decades, being able to humanise the facts and create a sense of moral imperative is crucial.

My main motivation for specialising in the practice of US immigration law is to help people during some of the most stressful and uncertain chapters of their lives, ranging from clients fleeing persecution, to taking the leap of investing in a new US enterprise.

«[A] t this time, if the U.S. is willing to deport people who are fleeing persecution to the risk of human rights violations, then I think we have a legal and moral obligation to not abide by that agreement and allow any asylum seeker to make their claim here in Canada,» says Pillay.

Other artists, who were fleeing the persecution of Nazi Germany after the infamous 1937 exhibition of Degenerate Modern Art in Munich, including Marc Chagall, displayed their work.

I wouldn't be here if my great - grandparents hadn't been allowed into the US as immigrants fleeing persecution, nor would my wife, who immigrated from Iran, one of the countries from which refugees, permanent US residents, immigrants and visitors are being collectively punished — targeted and discriminated against.

Utah's capital, Salt Lake City, was originally built by Mormons fleeing persecution in 1847, and was the site for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

When the Moon is Low, a story about an Afghani family fleeing persecution after the Taliban takeover, resonated soundly with many First Impression reviewers with more than half giving it a full five stars.

May 25, 2015 • Most of the victims are believed to be Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

Most were Karen — the third largest of Myanmar's 130 or so ethnic groups — who were fleeing persecution from the majority Bamar government.

And it drops preferential treatment for members of religious minorities fleeing persecution, which was widely read as favoring non-Muslims.

This country was built on the backs of immigrants who came here looking for a better life for them and their families, many of them fleeing persecution.

But the first - term congresswoman and Trump supporter said she does not believe his order is anti-Muslim, nor aimed at closing America's doors to refugees fleeing persecution.

Public Advocate Letitia James said she would back any litigation challenging Trump's «wrongful decision» that impacts those who «are just fleeing persecution and seeking opportunity in this country.»

The public gaze may have settled on the refugee children of Calais this week, but the UK government has also promised to help people fleeing persecution from much further afield.

The party believes in Britain as an «open, trading nation», «within the European Union and beyond» and celebrates openness to «visitors who boost our economy», «migrant workers who play a vital role in business and public services» and «refugees fleeing persecution».

«Yes, Britain will always be open to the best and brightest from around the world and those fleeing persecution,» he concluded.

Among those who will meet with and be blessed by the Pope during his visit on Sept. 25th are day laborers from Westchester, immigrant mothers from Yonkers and East Harlem, unaccompanied youth fleeing persecution in Central America, and refugees from the Middle East and Africa.

Rabbi Andy Bachman, for example, said that, «The argument that was used against» Jews fleeing persecution decades ago «is the exact same argument that used against refugees today.»

A recent home affairs committee report showed that the granting of asylum often turned out to be poisoned chalice for those fleeing persecution, with the approval decision activating a period of financial uncertainty which lasted up to four months.

With Trump's remarks about how the USA should use «extreme vetting» with people «who might be ISIS», Trump has sought to question the key principle that people fleeing persecution must be granted sanctuary.

Crosswalk: New U.S. Security Measures Leave Iraqi Christian Refugees in Limbo Hundreds of Christians fleeing persecution in Iraq have had their bid to resettle in the United States dashed by new security measures.

The Ghassanids arrived in the region as refugees from further south in Arabia, possibly as Christians fleeing persecution by Jewish tribes.

But I've got friends who have been here for 10 years as pastors and missionaries and still have to go back to their country of citizenship... I mean they're volunteering, leading movements, pastoring churches — much less someone fleeing persecution or poverty or war.

Among the new arrivals on the island are also refugees like Abdel - those fleeing persecution, war or religious or ethnic strife.

«Our prayer is that the US would continue to be a beacon of hope for those fleeing persecution.»

First, necessity is often driving the migration — people are fleeing persecution or abject poverty or the prospect of living for years and years without family.

Nor is every asylum seeker actually fleeing persecution, or every person claiming to have converted to Christianity genuine.

Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, in Kurdish northern Iraq will hold a prayer vigil at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, which opened last year in response to an influx of Christians fleeing persecution.

@secular truther, seeing as how most of those who settled the land that became the English Colonies were Christians fleeing persecution (from other groups of Christians), it isn't actually that far off to think that this nation was created «for Christians» (at the time).

Asylum is a specific protection given to someone fleeing persecution in their home country.

This leads Pakistani Christians fleeing persecution to believe the country will be sympathetic to their plight, says Jeffrey Imm, an advocate for such refugees.

The Iraqi Christians told US officials that they were fleeing persecution at home.

A Christian peer has said at least hundreds of Pakistani Christians fleeing persecution are being detained... More

Bishop Joe went on to say: «Upholding the injunction will allow us to continue welcoming and serving refugees fleeing persecution.

In late October, President Donald Trump lifted a temporary ban on most refugee admissions, an action that should have cleared the way for more people fleeing persecution and violence to come to the United States.

«The refugee resettlement program is a life - saving program that has helped millions of those who have fled persecution start their lives anew in a place of safety.

Wherever we are there's going to be a person from another country and someone who has had to flee persecution.

As our world faces the worst refugee crisis in recorded history, I believe that our country ought to do more, not less, and I am confident that local churches throughout the country will step up to welcome these carefully - screened individuals who have fled persecution and reached our shores.

The «immigration fugitives» are now on «order of supervision,» which means the six men and two women — who said they fled persecution for their faith in Indonesia — must check in with federal agents regularly but won't be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

Deetje Patty lives in New Hampshire, where she and fellow Indonesian Christians moved 20 years ago to flee persecution.

I can trace both sides of my family tree to the MB movement that fled persecution during the late 1800's.

People may move for a great variety of reasons: to flee persecution, conflict or intolerable living conditions due to poverty and environmental degradation.

This is first empirical study to explore early abuse experiences of migrants who fled persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

May 14, 2015 • Malaysia and Indonesia have also turned away the Rohingya, who have fled persecution in Myanmar.

Though South Africa opened its borders and welcomed refugees fleeing persecutions, the current approach towards treatment of refugees shows a sign of a fatigue of hosting refugees.45 It becomes a metaphysical question as to whether Rwandan refugees should blame South Africa for having laws that protect the human rights and interests of its citizens or whether they blame the superpowers foreign policies that led to the negation of the principles of human and refugee rights, resulting in their current sufferings and predicament or whether they blame the oppressive regime installed in Rwanda, a regime only interested in tracking them down for assassination.

The «house» was inspired by an episode from the Mahabharata epic in which the Pandawa heroes fled persecution from the Koravas by hiding in a cave.

A millennia ago a group of Zoroastrians fled persecution in their homeland and settled in India, primarily in what's now Mumbai.