Refugees and homeless activsts rally in front of Berlin’s main train station calling the European Union to open its borders for refugees. At the Moment hundreds of refugees live under inhuman conditions in Serbia threatened by the cold weather. 01/29/2017.
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REGRAM from @catzuella: I am a refugee. I have never met my grandparents, or any family members outside my mother and father who brought me and my sister who was born here. The “cousins” and “uncles” and “aunts” I have now were all either adopted in the refugee camp I was born in, or when we settled in America. I’m grateful for this “family”, the kindness of our sponsors who took us in and all of the strangers who have helped us with donated clothes, food and simply being there. I have not forgotten any of this.
This is the reason I started Laos In The House, because your trauma is also not to be forgotten. This is the reason I fight for Legacies Of War, to help those left behind. This is why I am a board member for 1Love Movement, because deportation should not happen to those who’ve already been displaced by the very government who caused it. The refugee ban is WRONG for so many reasons.
I WILL NOT STOP DEFENDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF REFUGEES. REMEMBER THIS.
Do you have a Lao refugee story? We’d love to hear yours - just tag us! #LaosInTheHouse http://ift.tt/2jsCtpm
Happy Chinese New Year! 恭喜發財!!
New Year’s greeting, feast, and decoration in New York Chinatown, February 18, 1912. Photos: Bain News Service.
The state of the banned nations
President Trump put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred visitors from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The Syrian refugee program, suspended until further notice, will eventually give priority to minority religious groups fleeing persecution. Trump said in an interview the exception would help Syrian Christians fleeing the civil war there. (Reuters)
Photo credits: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi, REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis, REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra, REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, this twitter account is posting the names and photos (when available) of refugees turned away from America who became victims of Naziism. #NoBanNoWall #RefugeesWelcome
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Protests at JFK over travel ban
Confusion, worry and outrage grew Saturday as President Donald Trump’s crackdown on refugees and citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries took effect. Airlines blocked people traveling to the United States, legal challenges were underway and doubts abounded about whether the order would make America safer.
On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all immigration from countries with terrorism concerns for 90 days. Countries included in the ban are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, which are all Muslim-majority nations. (AP)
Photo credits: Craig Ruttle/AP
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Syrians marched in Berlin against forced displacement in Syria by the Syrian regime and its allies. 01/07/2017.
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