Sentences with phrase «world war refugee»

Believe me when I say that after you've been through lactic acid training, cluster training, high rep partials and triple drop rebounds even a stint at a second world war refugee camp will seem like a pleasant relaxing vacation in the Bahamas!

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The current refugee crisis in the Middle East is the worst since World War II.

In what's described as the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II, Maurer called on European and Gulf countries to step up their efforts to support the region.

It's the biggest refugee movement since World War II.

In the past couple of decades, the world has been racked with wars and other conflicts that have dislocated the lives of 60 million people, making them refugees.

As the European Union tries to tackle the biggest migrant crisis it has been faced with since World War Two, it also seeks Turkey's help to stem the flow of refugees and is pressuring Ankara to hold up its part of a $ 3 billion (# 2.3 billion) deal struck a few months ago.

The Paris attacks must become calls to action to end the wars that are tearing the Middle East apart and flooding the world with desperate refugees.

The refugee crisis that has struck Europe is the worst the continent has seen since the Second World War, and with it has come the resurgence of political parties that have not enjoyed this kind of support since 1945.

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I'm not referring to the religious discussions, but to the historical facts about Israel and the ongoing conflicts with the refugees they displaced after World War II.

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

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.

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..

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.

In the same way that we are ignorant of our distant future; they had no knowledge, no idea, no vision, no dream, no fantasy that two millennia hence there would be an increasingly global and interconnected culture and economy of 7 billion people, world wars and holocausts encompassing and killing and making refugees of millions, staggering accomplishments in medicine and engineering and transportation and communication, and the development of sciences and mathematics and technologies that did not and could not exist in their time and that they could not have comprehended.

Influenced by advisors whose white nationalists views are well known, the president has waged a propaganda war against ethnic and religious minorities, stoking fear and hate by lying about crime rates, terrorist attacks, and voter fraud and by issuing executive orders that have already hurt many thousands of people around the world, including desperate refugee families.

The group cited his work during the Second World War welcoming Jewish refugees to his Bishop's palace.

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.

There are 20 million refugees in the world today which is the highest number recorded since World Waworld today which is the highest number recorded since World WaWorld War II.

Her latest is Courage and Conviction, about Bridgettine nuns who hid Jewish refugees in Rome during the Second World War.

The agency's first task was to try to help the legacy of refugees and displaced persons in Europe created by the Second World War.

Her latest is Courage and Conviction about Brigettine nuns who hid Jewish refugees in Rome during the Second World War.

And then there is world around us: the hungry bellies, the dirty water, the vicious war, the waiting and lonely children silent behind chain link fences in refugee camps, the women caught in sex trafficking, our culture's exploitation and violence masquerading as entertainment, and Lord have mercy.

also my Grandma was a refugee from the second world war and she would cry (if she was still alive) if she heard of this going on bringing back Horrible memories of the Atrocities of what the Germans did..

Others were students from Europe who became refugees after the Second World War.

More than 11 million people have been displaced since the start of the war in Syria, contributing to the largest global refugee crisis since World War war in Syria, contributing to the largest global refugee crisis since World War War II.

That can be said of refugees of any war torn countries around the world.

During the Holocaust, as Nichols notes, religious efforts to help refugees became a «political orphan» of World War II.

The SBC noted that «the world is facing the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with over 60 million people displaced throughout the world and considered refugees,» and that «there are expected to be 85,000 refugees coming into the United States in 2016 from four continents and the Caribbean.&rworld is facing the largest refugee crisis since World War II, with over 60 million people displaced throughout the world and considered refugees,» and that «there are expected to be 85,000 refugees coming into the United States in 2016 from four continents and the Caribbean.&rWorld War II, with over 60 million people displaced throughout the world and considered refugees,» and that «there are expected to be 85,000 refugees coming into the United States in 2016 from four continents and the Caribbean.&rworld and considered refugees,» and that «there are expected to be 85,000 refugees coming into the United States in 2016 from four continents and the Caribbean.»

It was this human capital that took a desperate refugee population in Hong Kong and turned it into a world - class financial center; this human capital that saw Japan and South Korea arise from the ashes of war; this human capital whose success in turning around centuries of poverty has led to what the World Bank calls «The East Asian Miracle.&rworld - class financial center; this human capital that saw Japan and South Korea arise from the ashes of war; this human capital whose success in turning around centuries of poverty has led to what the World Bank calls «The East Asian Miracle.&rWorld Bank calls «The East Asian Miracle.»

The 1948 British Olympics was the first year to see disabled athletes participating after the German refugee, Ludwig Guttmann, hosted a competition at Stoke Mandeville Hospital where he was in charge of Second World War patients with spinal cord injuries.

When one race of citizens feels as though their lives don't matter; when refugees successfully escape the horrors of war only to be further brutalized on foreign soil; when the already - traumatized victims of conflict are violated by international peacekeepers who were sent to ensure their safety and wellbeing, then we as leaders, we as a world community must stop being silent and start taking action.

Its fiscal position has deteriorated since the beginning of the Arab Spring; hosting 500,000 refugees has already cost Jordan over $ 800 million since the Syrian war began, and unrest across the Arab world, particularly in neighboring Syria, has cost Jordan's economy as much as $ 4 billion.

Following comments that his city should reject refugees in the way the U.S. interned Japanese - American citizens during World War II the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, has lost his spot on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's Virginia Leadership Council.

Contemporary refugees law instead is a product of World War II, and in fact was originally limited to the people affected by the war and related events in EuroWar II, and in fact was originally limited to the people affected by the war and related events in Eurowar and related events in Europe.

The Safe Haven museum tells the story of the 982 refugees who were temporarily housed at Fort Ontario during World War II.

The 260 - year - old Fort Ontario has been involved in several major American wars and the Safe Haven museum commemorates the 986 Jewish refugees who were granted shelter at the fort during world war two.

The property includes the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum, which tells the story of the 982 European refugees, mostly Jewish, who were temporarily housed at Fort Ontario during World War II.

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

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

The humanitarian crises in Europe, the Middle East, north Africa, and central Asia have led to more displaced people, asylum seekers, and refugees worldwide than at any time since the second world war.

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.

«My father was a refugee in Sweden during World War II.

History of Pho Soup This dish dates back to the early 1900s and refugees introduced it to the rest of the world after the Vietnam War.

His visits around the world, from prisons to hospitals, war - torn countries to refugee camps, the floor of the Senate to a typhoon - ravaged Philippines, are especially compelling, and provide a chance to see the pope's word in action.

A magical World War II tale of courage, resilience and love, The Children of Chabannes reveals the untold story of how the people in a tiny village in unoccupied France chose action over indifference to save the lives of 400 Jewish refugee children.

Niki Caro's The Zookeeper's Wife recounts the efforts of Antonina Żabiński and her husband, Jan, who risked their lives during World War II to harbor Jewish refugees in the basement of their zoo during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.

«The Book Thief» Synopsis: A young girl living in Munich helps to hide a Jewish refugee in her home at the height of World War II.

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.