Counterparts Quote by Kofi Annan

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

We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between…

— Poul Hartling

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

The refugees are not only going to be a demand on the country's resources, but also the refugees raise the possibility that the countries…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

“Refugees are not a monolith. Each journey is unique. Some arrive with dreams and aspirations; others carry the heavy burdens of trauma they long…

— Hagir Elsheikh

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

— Matt Gaetz

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

A refugee is not just someone lacking in money and everything else. A refugee is vulnerable to the slightest touch: he has lost his…

— Maria Franziska von Trapp

Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to…

— Pope Francis

Globalization has considerably accelerated in recent years following the dizzying expansion of communications and transport and the equally stupefying transnational mergers of capital. We…

— Eduardo Galeano

We know that ISIS desires operationally to use the Syrian refugee program to infiltrate countries, to use migrant flows as a way to gain…

— Stephen Miller

In countless communities across America today, refugees are giving back to the country that has given them a new start.

— Antony Blinken