Allegiance Quote by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I am not a refugee. I sought refuge for many years, but the word 'refugee' does not define me. It just limits me and…

— Clemantine Wamariya

I've never stopped being a refugee.

— Nguyen Viet Thang

“As one refugee, Amila, from Gradačac, commented 20 years later: “The most important part of being a refugee is being a good loser; it’s…

— John Farebrother

I've never been in a place where I've walked in the street and actually feel home, where I don't feel like a refugee.

— Luol Deng

Refugee today means somebody who has no home. No homeland. No security. No government to protect him or her. And it is of course…

— Elie Wiesel

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.

— Chris Cleave

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

My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.

— Alek Wek

I've identified all my life with refugees.

— Vanessa Redgrave

My experiences there truly defined who I am to this day as far as my humanitarian work because I was a refugee in Albania.

— Masiela Lusha

My identity is deeply intertwined with being a refugee because that's the first experience that I remember.

— Nguyen Viet Thang

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