Sentences with phrase «fleeing wars of»

For example, refugees fleeing wars of independence faced a perilous and tough experience, but in some cases were welcomed by independent governments in solidarity with states in which the anti-colonial war had not yet been won.

Not exact matches

As the Communist Revolution swept over the mainland during the Chinese Civil War, the capitalists fled to Formosa (the island of Taiwan), but neither ceded statehood.

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.

(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 limbo.)

The European union is suffering from yet another crisis: the tens of thousands of migrants arriving at its shores each month, a large portion of whom are fleeing the civil war in Syria.

However, he would ultimately flee war - torn Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Through her work, Thomas aims to raise awareness around the plight of refugees and wants to humanise individuals fleeing war.

The company also made an unpopular decision in 2016 to block a Norwegian newspaper editor from posting an iconic Vietnam War photo of a terrified, naked child fleeing her village after a vicious napalm attack.

China had said the live - fire drills would happen on Wednesday off the city of Quanzhou, in between two groups of islands close to China's coast but which Taiwan has controlled since 1949, when defeated Nationalist forces fled to the island at the end of the Chinese civil war.

Li, a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, fled to Hong Kong with his family in 1940 during the Sino - Japanese War.

Besides, you could access part of your holdings in case you have to flee from your homeland for any unexpected reason like war.

Germany is prepared to take 800,000 refugees fleeing war and persecution — fully 1 % of its population.

The embassy move is deeply opposed by the Palestinians, who on May 15 will mark the anniversary of what they term the «nabka,» or catastrophe, when they fled or were driven from their homes during the 1948 Palestine war.

For over 50 years, regardless of the political environment or changes in the economy, GLIDE has stood with the most vulnerable, including poor people, those with illness, people of color, immigrants, as well as all families and children fleeing war and oppression.

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.

More than half of Americans (53 %) said that not accepting refugees would be the best approach the US could take regarding those fleeing civil war in Syria, according to a poll Bloomberg conducted from November 16 — 17 of 628 Americans.

«This would be a major reversal from their history as places of war and bloodshed that people have fled from.»

After three years of Islamic State occupation and devastation in the wake of the ISIS war, our local partners are sharing stories of continued hope for the Nineveh Plains and the believers who were forced to flee when militants issued their ultimatum: «Convert, leave or die.»

More than 3 million refugees, including 600,000 Christians, have fled Syria's civil war and the rise of ISIS.

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.

Archbishop Justin Welby has said of the scheme: «The full community sponsorship scheme presents churches and other civil society groups with the opportunity to provide sanctuary to those fleeing war - torn places.»

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 Africa.

Perhaps it was the war with Rome in the 6os, which devastated Galilee before reaching Jerusalem, that finally forced the remnants of the Q community to join the refugees fleeing north up the coast to the nearest metropolitan area, Antioch, the capital of the former Seleucid Empire.

An influential Syrian seminary educator who asked not to be named told CT that Syrian Christians are very aware of what happened to Christians in Iraq, including the estimated 500,000 Christian refugees who fled to Syria during the Iraq war.

As ISIS flees, some of the first frontline Christians already know how to follow Jesus in a war zone.

One of the agencies, World Relief, was started in 1945 as the War Relief Commission when evangelicals wanted to help refugees fleeing war - torn EuroWar Relief Commission when evangelicals wanted to help refugees fleeing war - torn Eurowar - torn Europe.

A disturbing footnote to the story of Zionism: Burge reports that Martin Buber, the great Jewish philosopher, mystic and prophet, was given a house owned by a prosperous Palestinian family which fled to Egypt seeking safety during the 1948 war.

In spite of that, human rights organizations argue that European governments are being too restrictive on people who are just searching for a better life, or worse, fleeing war and other danger.

They are fleeing toward the West, where they hope to reboot their lives though all of them would prefer to return to the life they had before the unsettling wars.

With the disruption of their homelands by wars and the terror of ISIS, they are now fleeing toward us.

Most of the Syrians here fled from the outskirts of Hama, a northern city that's been hit hard by Syria's two - and - a-half-year civil war.

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.

That anouncement marks a major shift in US policy — since the civil war begin in Syria four years ago, the US has resettled 1,600 Syrians out of the 4 million who have fled the nation.

One million people who have survived and fled the civil war in Syria and ISIS in Iraq now face the deadly cold of winter without the basic necessities to keep them alive: shelter, heaters, warm clothing, mattresses, blankets, and, of course, food.

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.

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.

Refugees of the Unitas Fratrum, Bohemian and Moravian Protestants who traced their origin to John Hus and who had fled from the Roman Catholic persecution in their native land which accompanied and followed the Thirty Years» War, found haven on the estates of Zinzendorf.

PJ Cole spent his childhood fleeing danger and sharing his parents with hundreds of former child soldiers caught up in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war.

Furthermore, the Vatican's role in helping Nazi war criminals flee justice via their «Ratlines» is well docu.mented, as is their funnelling of Nazi gold stolen from their victims.

Ukraine has absorbed 1.5 million displaced persons fleeing Crimea or the war - zones of the Donbas — the rough equivalent of the United States being suddenly confronted with about 12.4 million internal refugees.

After fleeing to the United States for several years, she returned to Liberia to run for the office of president against Charles Taylor, a man who has since been convicted of war crimes.She lost that election, but through the campaigning process became known as Liberia's Iron Lady.

When the McIlhennys and Averys fled Isle Petit Anse during the Civil War to Houston, Texas, it is alleged that upon their return in April 1865 that the sole remaining item was a crop of tabasco peppers.

And I'm sure that the last thing on any child's mind that is fleeing from war and droughts is having a game of footy!

Kakuma opened in 1991 to accommodate torrents of homeless, unaccompanied minors fleeing war in Sudan.

Reflecting on the session, Pienaar said: «After having been through so much, fleeing war and persecution to then arriving in the UK and facing a new language and culture, these sessions give people a chance to forget about their troubles for an hour or so, make new friends and feel part of the community.

Bayern follow in the footsteps of several other German clubs and fan groups who have extended a greeting to refugees amid severe tension in Germany over the treatment of those forced to flee war - torn areas in search of asylum.

The partners of the company were all living in Liberia and were displaced by civil war, and fled to the United States with nothing but the shirts on their backs.

I met Nasser, a doctor from Syria who was forced to flee the war in Syria, where he and his wife faced constant bombardment by the barrel bombs of the Assad regime.

Analysts suggest the prevalence of Syrian, Libyan, Eritrean, Somalian and Afghan asylum seekers shows most people coming to the UK are fleeing violence and civil war.

Meanwhile Britain should continue its innovative work around accountability towards the conflict - with pioneering projects sending specialist teams of lawyers and police to interview and chronicle war crimes by engaging with refugees who've fled the country.