Refugees Quotes · Page 4

We have to stop the killing. We need to let the refugees - we need to let Syrian citizens go home.

— Michael Mullen

When refugees are at a distance it's easy to be compassionate.

— Nish Kumar

The contributions of refugees to the diverse mosaic of our nation are undeniable.

— Antony Blinken

Jews cannot be apathetic when hundreds of thousands of refugees are searching for safe haven.

— Isaac Herzog

I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees.

— Queen Noor of Jordan

Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity

— Pope Francis

This country was built and continues to survive off the backs of immigrants and refugees.

— Lauren Jauregui

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

— Kola Boof

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country?

— Marco Rubio

Sending genuine refugees to face persecution in order to dissuade others from seeking to come here is plainly illegal.

— Sajid Javid

We're in a new reality, living in a time of climate change. We already have climate refugees around the globe and now…

— Severn Cullis-Suzuki

“Fleeing was not merely a choice, it was a necessity. I left my home, my life, and my safety with a bounty…

— Hagir Elsheikh

If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour, it would be a national tragedy. But when 30 or more refugees drown off the…

— Richard Flanagan

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

— Scott Simon

I believe that all refugees coming from Syria - a war-torn country that ISIS calls home - regardless of religion require additional…

— Haim Saban

As children my grandparents were refugees. Eventually they got to the U.S. - in 1950 or something. They grew up as refugees.…

— Ezra Furman

“Refugees are not like you and me. They are you and me. That terrible river of the wretched and damned flowing through…

— Richard Flanagan

Austerity and economic insecurity have collided with the scapegoating of migrants and refugees, at a time when global instability and warfare have…

— Owen Jones

The route for the refugees currently goes through Greece and the Balkans or through Italy; if there were a crisis in north-eastern…

— Paolo Gentiloni

“They looked like the people you see on the six o’clock news—refugees, sent to wait in some strange ugly place, with all…

— Barbara Robinson

Some refugees will find it relatively easy to find jobs. A university-educated Syrian civil engineer arriving in Munich will need to learn…

— Jose Angel Gurria

“I had a number of German and Austrian refugee friends in London and they kept on telephoning in consternation as the news…

— Frances Faviell

“You and I, your mother, Ahlam, we are from up there,' my father continued. 'We come from the stunning stars. We were…

— Hannah Lillith Assadi

It's very important that people understand that for refugees to come into the USA is very difficult. What upsets me about the…

— Angelina Jolie

“Together the top ten refugee-hosting countries account for only 2.5 percent of global income. 5 They are poor or at best middle-income…

— David Miliband

“God created every man to be free. The ability to choose whether to live free or enslaved, right or wrong, happy or…

— Suzy Kassem

“I have grown up listening to my grandparents’ stories about ‘the other side’ of the border. But, as a child, this other…

— Aanchal Malhotra

“At the edge of the field Silva and Stefan witnessed heartrending images in greyscale as thousands of desperate refugees streamed down the…

— John Payton Foden

“I find it difficult to remember all of the details of our journey after leaving Mannheim. At the time I was depressed…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise

“His mouth went dry and for a split second he had a metallic taste on the sides of his tongue. He stood,…

— Hugo Woolley

“Raised on the meagre rations of the United Nations for their whole lives, schooled by NGOs and submitted to workshops on democracy,…

— Ben Rawlence

There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to…

— Clemantine Wamariya

I'd like there to be less refugees. I'd like all girls to go to school. That's what we need to be thinking…

— Angelina Jolie

Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity

— Julien Clerc

The latest computer modeling I've seen indicates that at mid-century, there might be 150 million people classified as "environmental refugees."

— Bill McKibben

We are a compassionate nation, taking in the refugees and those, you know, fleeing, the huddled masses yearning to be free. This…

— Jay Inslee

We have moral duties to the dispossessed - and should be taking our fair share of Syrian refugees, particularly parentless children.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

There [in Afghanistan ] is a tremendous need for selter. So I am focusing most of the efforts of the foundation to…

— Khaled Hosseini

With every generation comes a new wave of hopefuls: small-town escapees, European refugees, disaffected Londoners.

— Amanda Foreman

“the refugees’ safety was guaranteed, though most of them regarded Surinam as no more than a way station to somewhere else and…

— Bernard Wasserstein