Sentences with phrase «vulnerable refugees»

The phrase "vulnerable refugees" refers to individuals who have fled their home countries and are at a higher risk of harm or mistreatment due to their specific circumstances, such as being children, elderly, disabled, or victims of trauma or persecution. Full definition
This challenges vulnerable refugees or asylum - seekers to pursue their dream.
David Cameron has been accused of «political posturing» after the Government confirmed plans to accept «several hundred» of the most vulnerable refugees from the Syrian conflict in a bid to head off a damaging backbench revolt.
Freedom from Torture has previously raised concerns with the UK Government's Public Accounts Committee that 55 % of vulnerable refugees dealt with under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement programme have experienced violence or torture.
«If every city took 10 refugee families, if every London borough took 10 families, if every county council took 10 families, if Scotland, Wales and every English region played their part, then in a month we'd have nearly 10,000 more places for vulnerable refugees fleeing danger, seeking safety...
«That is why the Catholic community has been calling for our resettlement programme to be made accessible to the most vulnerable refugees whatever their background.»
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has welcomed an announced by the Government that a programme to resettle vulnerable refugees is being expanded to include families from outside Syria.
A new report published by Médicins Sans Frontières has identified an urgent deterioration in the care available for vulnerable refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos, with particular issues facing asylum seekers who have experienced torture or violence.
«The federal government has abdicated responsibility to meet the most basic health care needs of vulnerable refugees and refugee claimants», said Audrey Macklin, Professor and Chair in Human Rights Law at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers.
«It is vital to maintain the integrity of this program by accepting the most vulnerable refugees, not excluding anyone based on their nationality or religion.»
In the UK, Ben & Jerry's have introduced Home Sweet Honeycomb, to «come together for vulnerable refugees
And yet we similarly plead with you, sir — on behalf of the 65 million souls who are most at risk — that we not turn away the vulnerable refugee.
«However, this new executive order does not solve the root problems with the initial order — the cutting of refugee admissions by 55 percent and the inability for some of the world's most vulnerable refugees to come to the United States.
Cameron said: «I first met Jo in Darfur in 2006 where she was doing what she was brilliant at, which was looking after and saving the lives of vulnerable refugees.
But with many of his Eritrean friends now going through the same process with the Home Office, an important question remains: why was a vulnerable refugee from the country dubbed «Africa's North Korea» rejected in the first place?
ITV News has heard the accounts of two Syrian families who could be among the vulnerable refugees admitted to Britain.
And where there are particularly difficult cases of vulnerable refugees, who are at grave risk, we are ready to look at those cases.»
Even more significantly, Mrs. Makhzoumi's organization was the first in Lebanon to partner with the UN Refugee Agency to provide relief to vulnerable refugees and asylum - seekers fleeing Syria.
As a result, poor and vulnerable refugees and asylum - seekers are unable to favourably access tertiary education.
Poor and vulnerable refugees and asylum - seekers» education dream can not be turned into reality.
The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) applauds the Ontario government for agreeing to temporarily fill the gap left by the federal government's abdication of responsibility to meet the most basic health care needs of vulnerable refugees and refugee claimants.
Refuge Point's mission is to provide lasting solutions for the world's most vulnerable refugees.
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