Sentences with phrase «large numbers of refugees»

«They and other countries with large numbers of refugees, like Kenya, need more help, or the entire refugee regime will collapse.»

But this growth and the change that has resulted from large numbers of refugees converting to Christianity can present challenges for smaller churches.

The United States resettles the largest number of refugees in the world but it still constitutes less than half of 1 % of the world's refugees.

She called for the preservation of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an executive order President Barack Obama signed that shielded undocumented youth from deportation, and for the United States to accept a larger number of refugees from Syria.

Scattering across Europe and the Middle East, more than a million of those displaced relocated to Lebanon, a country now home to the largest number of refugees per capita in the world.

Even though European countries such as Germany and Sweden shared their responsibility on the refugee crisis and accepted a large number of refugees within their borders, others such as Hungary, FYROM and Slovakia failed to respond properly to their international obligations.

That was certainly the case last month when he decided to take Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews to task for her decision to step in and provide essential health care coverage for large numbers of refugee claimants who had been cut out of the federal government's longstanding refugee health care program.

Depending on which countries are selected as designated countries of origin, large numbers of refugee claimants may not have access to the RAD.186 Worse yet, RPD members will be able to insulate their decisions from review by the RAD simply by declaring claims to be manifestly unfounded or to have no credible basis.

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European countries have also shown readiness in accepting a large number of Syrian refugees.

Here in Oklahoma in the 70 - 80's, large numbers of Vietnamese refugees made it here, some of them «boat people».

The relatively large number of Soviet Jews who will be coming this year (40,000) represents a good third of the total of all those to be admitted as refugees.

If a large - scale programme of this kind were adopted, it would reduce the overall numbers trying to enter Europe, and allow the immigration services a much better chance of identifying and welcoming those who are indeed refugees.

as an immigrant of color who has large numbers of undocumented economic refugees in her district she will be helpful to communities of color and immigrant, refugee communities esp.

The number of refugees in Lebanon is estimated to make up a third of its population, giving it the largest concentration per capita in the world.

Iran has 4.1 million refugees, by far the largest number of any country, thanks to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to the east and various conflicts involving Iraq to the west.

The region also has a large number of migrant farm workers and political refugees from Eastern Europe who have depended on the library system to adapt to American life.

Breakdowns in water supplies, large numbers of climate refugees, and violent conflicts over diminishing resources could easily create a repeat of the 1918 flu epidemic or something similar — an outbreak of drug - resistant TB or a drug - resistant human strain of avian bird flu.

Human displacement refers to the total number of forcibly displaced people, and includes internally displaced people — the largest group represented — and refugees, those forced to across international borders.

Increased sea level causing displacement of large populations from low - lying areas — with consequent increases in the number of refugees;