Sentences with phrase «fleeing war in another country»

You can also talk to your child about refugees who are fleeing war in another country and donate to causes that support them.

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The Republic of China lost to the Mao Zedong - led People's Republic of China in the country's civil war ending in 1949 and had to flee to Taiwan.

Nearly 5 million Syrians have fled the country in a conflict that has killed more than 300,000 people and pitted multiple warring sides against each other, including jihadists who have come to dominate the insurgency in many areas.

(In response to the influx of Syrians fleeing the civil war, some European countries have effectively shut down routes refugees commonly use to travel beyond Greece, leaving them in limboIn response to the influx of Syrians fleeing the civil war, some European countries have effectively shut down routes refugees commonly use to travel beyond Greece, leaving them in limboin limbo.)

Trudeau has also signaled that he will open Canada's borders to those fleeing war and terrorism in their own countries.

Two teens fleeing violence in war - torn countries sought asylum in the U.S..

Today marks five years since the start of the Syrian Civil War and in that time, more than 4.7 million people have fled violence in the country and 6.6 million more have been internally displaced.

The unrelenting war in Syria has caused a massive humanitarian refugee crisis, where families have been forced to flee the conflict: Almost half of the country's entire population is now displaced.

In the single month of January 2016, at least 244 people — many of them children — died while trying to make it to Europe, fleeing violence, persecution and war in countries in the Middle East and North AfricIn the single month of January 2016, at least 244 people — many of them children — died while trying to make it to Europe, fleeing violence, persecution and war in countries in the Middle East and North Africin countries in the Middle East and North Africin the Middle East and North Africa.

Hence, many of the Arabs who were driven out or fled during and after the several wars, and who are now housed in camps on the West Bank or in Lebanon or who live in Gaza or Jordan, have no more right to the land than do the Jews who came there from Europe, America or the Arab countries.

You seem incapable of focusing on a subject; mainly, the plight of Syrian refuges due to a civil war in their country, and the dangers of fleeing said country.

Seeing his name in the NCAA record book or on an NBA draft list was a distant dream in 1999, when Gai put a few belongings in a backpack and fled Khartoum to avoid compulsory army service in civil - war - torn Sudan, a country riven for decades by sectarian violence.

Over 85 % of people who flee their country because of war or repression worldwide are hosted in developing countries.

A woman who, if she hadn't had to flee a war, in another world where I could have found myself in need of medical assistance in her country, could have been the one to save me.

Weighing in on one of the most contentious issues in American politics — the danger posed to host countries by the 4.8 million people who have fled from Syria's civil war — Syrian President Bashar al - Assad told Yahoo News that some of the refugees are «definitely» terrorists.

«I never thought I'd see the day when refugees, who have fled war - torn countries in search of a better life, would be turned away at our doorstep,» Cuomo said in a statement issued Saturday.

2015 is just a week old, but we have already seen two worrying trends for Syrians fleeing the violence of war: first, an increase in restrictions imposed on those seeking to settle in neighbouring countries such as Lebanon; and secondly, even more refugees boarding boats and taking risky journeys in the Mediterranean.

The comments from Gerald Howarth MP came as Tory MPs reacted angrily to Theresa May's decision to allow in Syrians fleeing from the war - torn country.

He described himself as a traditionalist in one way: his belief in the power of ideas to change the country - and talked about his own parents, who fled Nazi persecution during the second world war - but retained their passionate desire to harness ideas - in order to change the world for the better.

«I never thought I'd see the day when refugees who have fled war - torn countries in search of a better life would be turned away at our doorstep,» the governor said in a statement

As civil wars erupted throughout the Roman Republic in the 1st century B.C.E., country dwellers may have fled to cities.

The civil war in Syria has forced a record 3 million people out of the country as more than a million people fled in the past year.

More than 400 battle - hardened ISIS war criminals have also returned to the country, fleeing the eminent collapse of the Islamic caliphate in Syria and Iraq.

Caught in the middle of a brutal civil war, six Liberian missionaries in Monrovia flee the widespread violence of their native country.

Countries worldwide have had similar debates with regards to refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria.

White Material (Unrated) Post-colonial drama, set in a war - torn African country in the midst of racial strife, about a French coffee farmer (Isabelle Huppert) who refuses to flee like the rest of the whites whose plantations have been nationalized.

Only the country these people are from is America and the war they are fleeing is 250 years in the future.

After fleeing their country's civil war, more than 10,000 Syrians — half of them children — are now refugees in Ontario, Canada.

For many commentators, journalists or NGO workers, it was unacceptable that people who had to flee their countries because of war or persecution had to be situated in a closed centre guarded by officers in military uniforms1.

Refugees flee their country of origin because of war, persecution, or a well - founded fear of persecution based on their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

The war in Syria has meant millions of people have fled the country, and hundreds of thousands of children now don't have a school to go to.

In an effort to flee a war - torn country that was becoming less tolerant of basic freedoms, Saedi's parents hatched a plan to escape to the United States with 2 - year - old Saedi and her older sister, Samira, in toIn an effort to flee a war - torn country that was becoming less tolerant of basic freedoms, Saedi's parents hatched a plan to escape to the United States with 2 - year - old Saedi and her older sister, Samira, in toin tow.

Nadia and Saeed fall in love when their nation devolves into civil war, and so they must flee through magical doors from one country to the next.

Quiet, intense nostalgia permeates the fictional Rama's recollection of her family's life in Syria before war forced them to flee and start over in another country.

As an additional project, students can study the history of the civil war that wrenched the country apart (1980 — 90) and drove many citizens to flee to other countries — as Argueta did when he settled in San Francisco.

In Syria, the war has driven many to flee the country in search of safe refuge, and not every family can bring their furry pals alonIn Syria, the war has driven many to flee the country in search of safe refuge, and not every family can bring their furry pals alonin search of safe refuge, and not every family can bring their furry pals along.

The work is based on the personal narratives of six individuals who have fled their countries in response to a range of oppressive conditions: Sarah Ezzat Mardini, who escaped war - torn Syria, José Maria João, a former child soldier from Angola; Mamy Maloba Langa, a survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Shabeena Saveri, an Indian transgender activist; Luis Nava, a political dissident from Venezuela; and Farah Abdi Mohamed, a young atheist from Somalia.

Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin / / Sep. 27, 2016 Artist Christopher Kulendran Thomas grew up in the UK, the son of Sri Lankan parents who fled the country's civil war in the 1980s.

Originally from Banjaluka in Bosnia, at the age of eighteen Amer Kobaslija fled the war - ravaged country in 1993 and arrived in refugee camps in Nuremberg, Germany.

However, it can also be generalized to other immigrants in Sweden who have fled their countries because of war or social or environmental conflict.

They're refugees who have fled war - torn countries in Africa.