Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of…

Because I was in psychiatric treatment for most of my childhood and had to learn English and had to adjust to a white-dominated society,…

— Kola Boof

I happen to know at least a hundred Sudanese refugees in the United States, all of whom were taken in by white families and…

— Kola Boof

At (UNHCR's) headquarters, I met extraordinary people, men and women, especially from the emergency team, who shared with me their passion, their dedication and…

— Julien Clerc

Refugees cost us money too when they come to us. If we improve their living conditions in Turkey, we create an incentive for them…

— Martin Schulz

We often discuss housing refugees, but not how you help return refugees back to their home countries. As a result, in a post-disaster or…

— Cameron Sinclair

The many refugees are not a Greek or German problem. They are a European problem. We should therefore develop a common strategy. That's why…

— Yanis Varoufakis

We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We…

— Isabel Allende

Thus, on this World Refugee Day, let us take time to recognize and draw inspiration from these ordinary people who have shown such extraordinary…

— Antonio Guterres

My parents are Vietnamese refugees; they left Vietnam after the war. They were part of the boat people, and they ended up in a…

— Hong Chau

Refugees are threatening, not just to Americans, but also in many countries the world over. And it's partially because, unlike immigrants, refugees do not…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a degree. They…

— Elie Wiesel

Educate yourself, learn about what refugees face when they don't have homes, after they have lost everything.

— Khaled Hosseini

Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause to remind…

— Scott Simon

I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. Today, as you are aware, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

Europe is creating the flight of refugees that's tearing it apart politically, and leading rightwing nationalist parties to gain power to withdraw from the…

— Michael Hudson