Sentences with phrase «for war refugees»

In the 1940s - 50s, we were involved in finding child care and housing for the new breed of working mothers, assistance for war widows and their families, housing for returned GIs and their families, employment for war refugees, and marriage counseling for couples who found that the war had changed them.

Not exact matches

Member states from Sweden to Greece to Hungary already blame the EU for saddling the confederation with 1 million refugees from Syria and other war - torn countries.

Many fights happen between migrants, who are coming into Europe searching for better economic opportunities — and will likely see their asylum claim rejected — and refugees, who are fleeing war and persecution and are almost guaranteed to have their asylum demand accepted.

Yes to a decent refugee policy that provides a home for desperate men, women and children fleeing war: immigrants and refugees helped to build this country, and will continue to do so.

Pray for wisdom for our world leaders, that they would open borders and find ways to help refugees fleeing from war.

You would think it would be a hard sell given the fact that the real estate mogul and reality star has boasted about his extramarital affairs, profited off casinos and strip clubs, said he doesn't need to ask God for forgiveness, called for targeting innocent civilians in war, mocked a reporter with a disability, threatened the religious liberty of minority groups in the U.S., and gained wide support among white nationalists for consistently lying about and demeaning blacks, Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and Syrian refugees.

This year, Hillary Clinton has better policy proposals to help improve the lives of women, children, and families than Donald Trump, whose pro-life convictions are lukewarm at best, and whose mass deportation plan would rip hundreds of thousands of families apart, whose contempt for Latinos, Muslims, refugees and people with disabilities would further marginalized the «least of these» among us, and whose support for torture and targeting civilians in war call into question whether Christians who support him are truly pro-life or simply anti-abortion.

More than half (54 %) of the 1.3 million refugees applying for asylum in Europe in 2015 came from the war - torn, Muslim - majority countries of Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Rabbi, if only I knew our suffering was paving the way for the Messiah,» cried a Jewish refugee to R. Hayyim Soloveitchik of Brest - Litovsk shortly before his death in World War I — era Warsaw.

Before these bodies could report» and probably because im partial investigation was likely to reveal a very different picture from that suggested by the WJC» the WJC added two further demands to the Swiss authorities: compensation for refugees allegedly denied asylum by the Swiss during the war, and compensation for bars of gold sold to Switzerland by Nazi Germany that were allegedly made from the fillings of victims» teeth.

We spoke of the global dimension of the social organisation of society, of the political not only the economic dimension of the problem of the problem of refugees throughout the world, the process of democratisation, the problem of private property, of taxation, of the problem of unemployment, of the state, of oil and its significance for the Gulf War, of the question of the right to live and of nuclear apartheid etc..

During the first Lebanon war of 1982, for example, Christian militiamen who enjoyed Israeli support massacred Palestinian refugees.

So rather than wearing out my voice in calling for an end to evangelicalism's culture wars, I think it's time to focus on finding and creating church among its many refugees — women called to ministry, our LGBTQ brother and sisters, science - lovers, doubters, dreamers, misfits, abuse survivors, those who refuse to choose between their intellectual integrity and their faith or their compassion and their religion, those who have, for whatever reason, been «farewelled.»

A world without our alliances would see multiple local nuclear arms races, proxy wars, and stateless regions that could become havens for terrorist groups, and refugee migrations.

The MP for Ealing North said the Church's teaching on the poor, refugees and war needs to be brought to the forefront in the Labour party.

A local church provided a base for Marksteen to meet refugees fleeing from the war - torn country.

For example, one of the Sojourners» original goals was to serve some of the tens of thousands of refugees displaced to San Francisco as a result of civil war in El Salvador.

For example, most cities have refugee resettlement organizations that assist families fleeing war - torn countries with housing, education, and employment.

The best solution for refugees is to be able to return to their countries, usually after a war is over and life has returned to some semblance of order.

After Germany's collapse in 1945, Bishop von Galen became a figure of hope for his people, speaking up for prisoners - of - war, for German refugees and for the homeless.

Much has been done, and much more needs to be done, to care for the victims of war and other forms of disaster, for millions of refugees, and for those who have never known comfort or material sufficiency.

The church also raised concerns that «jihadists have entered European countries under the guise of being refugees and migrants, when their real intention has been to wage war on the West on behalf of their religion» as another reason for opposing the mosque being built.

The church leaders called for international leaders to speedily help refugees and those facing no guarantee of security because of war through interreligious dialogue.

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.

It has turned into a proxy war between the USA and Russia, and in the process Syria is becoming a bombed - out wasteland that has precipitated a humanitarian catastrophe with unwanted refugees pouring into Europe and providing a staging ground for ISIS and other terrorist factions.

It is at this point that you see the emergence of socio - economic factors that remain of relevance after the war and into the Communist era: a drive for economic self - sufficiency, social welfare stimulated by the refugee crisis — the government needed to cope with 80 million refugees.

Opposing such actual wars is a real international priority for Labour, along with the refugee crisis the wars have caused.

It also put in place an indefinite ban for all refugees from the war - torn country Syria.

«Shadow Cabinet members agreed to call David Cameron to account on the unanswered questions raised by his case for bombing: including how it would accelerate a negotiated settlement of the Syrian civil war; what ground troops would take territory evacuated by ISIS; military co-ordination and strategy; the refugee crisis and the imperative to cut - off of supplies to ISIS.»

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.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler tore into President Donald Trump's decision to launch a missile assault on a Syrian airbase yesterday evening in retaliation for dictator Bashar al - Assad's use of nerve gas against a rebel - held town — and further assailed the Republican commander - in - chief's opposition to admitting refugees from the war - bloodied country.

She went from a refugee running from war in Bosnia and Herzegovina with her family to working for the now defunct bank in Canary Wharf.

In 1986, at the height of the civil war in El Salvador, the Suffolk County Legislature declared the county a place of sanctuary for refugees fleeing conflict in Central America.

While at a public school near the Zahle camp, Tenney said she heard from a Syrian refugee students who asked for American help in ending the civil war in his homeland.

Then during World War II, Fort Ontario became a refugee camp for European Jews and in 1953, it opened as a state historic site.

Apart from this, The Netherlands is a welcoming country for political and war refugees.

Topics include the rights of persons with disabilities; the rights and responsibilities of drug users and ethical considerations for dignified addiction treatment; improving maternal and child health through advancements in women's rights; the effects of violence; access to affordable and appropriate health care and treatment; health disparities between different population groups; health during war and conflict; the health of internally displaced persons and refugees; and recognition of social and structural forces that impact the health of individuals and groups.

For more than a year, world news has reported desperate refugees, most from war - torn Syria, dying in their attempts to reach Europe.

In Lebanon, War Child Holland, a branch of the global NGO that assists children in conflict zones, is evaluating three efforts: a life skills program, a program to reduce parents» stress, and a World Health Organization — designed mental health intervention for Syrian refugees.

Just as films about misunderstood benevolent aliens in the 1950s (The Day the Earth Stood Still, It Came from Outer Space) were calling for an end to the Cold War us - and - them mentality, District 9 is likewise making a strong statement about the damage that can be done when refugees are treated with suspicion before being given any compassion.

Helen Mirren is perfect in the leading role of Maria Altmann, the Austrian refugee who sues her homeland for the return of Gustav Klimt paintings the Nazis took from her family at the outset of World War Two.

This book was an education for me — about refugees and what children go through in a war.

The rising number of people fleeing their countries to avoid war, violence and prosecution and trying to reach Europe seeking for asylum has brought to the surface the European refugee crisis.

For instance, uncertainty about the 1994 - 1998 Rwandan refugees» future in exile is compounded by the recent resolution of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to launch military attacks on refugees based in the DRC.35 No account has been taken concerning the fact that they are survivors of the 1996 - 2000 massive forced repatriation and that they have been more vulnerable to extremely stressful and traumatic events that took place since the invasion of Rwanda on October 01, 1990.36 Although they are indeed susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, high level of fear and anxiety (psychosomatic) and / or malnutrition caused by the persecution and destruction of the war, no one who wants to empathise with them.

Learn from Rawnsley and Archer as they outlines how, since it opened in 2005, the school has been committed to providing a safe, caring, and comprehensive learning environment for its 1,250 students — many of whom are refugees from war - torn countries.

A young refugee searches for identity, safe haven, and truth in a journey from war - torn Caucasus to the freedom of France.

Some people felt sorry for them and offered them places to stay, but most of the refugees refused, because they said the war would eventually reach our town.

Ariel, a refugee from an unnamed, war - torn country, has been adopted by the Burgesses, and he and the Burgesses» son, Max, have been sent to a camp for boys addicted to electronics (even though they're not).

It is tightly focused in time and place; the action takes place over the winter of 1946 and follows a handful of post-World War II refugees fighting for the creation of Israel against both Arab attack and Britain's mandates.

According to a report from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there were 10.4 million «refugees of concern» in 2012, and almost half of those who were forced to leave their homes because of war or other peril were children.