Century Quote by Bill McKibben

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

There are many war refugees and three times as many climate refugees. All of them are people who can no longer live where they…

— Vivienne Westwood

If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too.

— Nina Fedoroff

“Vast migrations of people—some voluntary, most not—have shaped the human condition. More of us flee from war, oppression, and famine today than at any…

— Carl Sagan

“Globally, 1 in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum. If this were the population of a country,…

— Thomas L Friedman

A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're witnessing now…

— Antonio Guterres

There are many refugees, if not more refugees inside the country than outside the country. There is also the question of working to aid…

— Robert Mugabe

Mass migrations of climate refugees erode borders and nations, creating a global playground for terrorists and traffickers.

— Matt Gaetz

If resources become scarce, people tend to fight for them. This is increasing the number of people on the move and the number of…

— Antonio Guterres

As a global society, we have the technology, resources and the know-how to make a massive difference to living standards everywhere, including for refugees.

— Antonio Guterres

I believe the number is 70% of the world's refugees since World War II have been taken in by the United States. Every year,…

— Rush Limbaugh

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of…

— Vivienne Westwood