Sentences with phrase «refugees fleeing war»

This route echoes the perilous journey and plight of millions of Syrian refugees fleeing the war.

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

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

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

(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.)

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Australia is walking away from its international obligations to people fleeing war and persecution — commonly known as refugees or asylum seekers.

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

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.

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.

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

It is well known that «geopolitical shocks» such as the war in Syria lead to human displacement and mobility, and that the current refugee regime fails to protect those fleeing generalized violence (Van Hear and Ruhs 2012).

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.

Sabir is a Syrian refugee who fled his country after the war broke out.

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.

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.

In November 2001, Marsden visited Pakistan and the Afghan border to highlight the plight of Afghan refugees living in camps who had fled the war.

It reminded her of recent debate about immigration and refugees, including those fleeing war - torn Syria.

«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

The researchers finally examined the distribution of the A allele in a group of 347 survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide who had fled the civil war and were living in a Ugandan refugee camp.

Somali refugees, in particular, faced multiple stressors as they adjusted to their new lives in Sweden and Minnesota: They had fled civil war, lost a supportive tribal culture, and replaced a diet of fruit, fresh meat and grains with processed food.

To help refugees settle, doctors in Europe will need to treat both the mental and physical problems commonly experienced by people fleeing war zones

Could it be due to the slew of refugees in recent years from the Middle East fleeing war - torn areas and are swaying fashion in their favour??

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

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps» War (Unrated) Ken Burns co-directed this documentary recounting the heroic mission mounted in 1939 by American minister Waitstill Sharp and his wife Martha to rescue scores of Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation of Europe.

Director Marina Willer examines the current refugee crisis through her own family's experience fleeing Prague during World War II in this documentary.

Orphaned in Africa as a child born to English parents, she returns to their homeland as a refugee, fleeing a violent civil war.

The gritty drama tells the story of refugees fleeing post-civil war Sri Lanka.

Clunky though not uninteresting in its assembly, and admirably direct in its anger and passion, the film features interviews with migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Guinea and elsewhere, as well as direct - to - camera narration from Redgrave, who speaks of everything from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to her own refugee status as a child forced to flee London during World War II.

Fire at Sea / Fuocoammare Directed by Gianfranco Rosi Italy / France, 2016, 108m English and Italian with English subtitles Winner of the Golden Bear at this year's Berlin Film Festival, Gianfranco Rosi's documentary observes Europe's migrant crisis from the vantage point of a Mediterranean island where hundreds of thousands of refugees, fleeing war and poverty, have landed in recent decades.

He spent time in 40 refugee camps, meeting people who have fled war, famine and political upheaval from the Middle East to northern Africa.

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

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.

Readers who experience a quiet thrill upon discovering an exciting new novel are likely to encounter that sensation when they read Welcome to Lagos, Chibundu Onuzo's second work of fiction (and her American debut), a fast - paced story of war refugees, militants and others fleeing conflict in modern - day Nigeria.

It was the peak of Iraq's civil war, and absolutely no one was travelling into Iraq on a happy journey; a million and a half refugees had already fled the other way, to Syria, and they were happy for nothing but to be alive.

In 2018, many are highlighting the plight of refugees and immigrants including those fleeing war, persecution, or poverty.

The town was built by refugees fleeing civil war between Mestizos and Indians in Mexico.

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.