Questions tagged [refugees]
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Was Sergei Brin a refugee?
According to the World Economic Forum:
5 refugees who changed the world
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Sergey Brin
He might be one of America’s most famous entrepreneurs, but Sergey Brin was not actually born in the US. In 1979, with the help of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid…
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Has Syria received proportionally more refugees than other countries in recent history?
This comment by Sonia Bous Aidi on a recent Humans of New York post about the European migrant crisis is powerful if true:
Syria became home to the Circassian refugees in 1860
Syria became home to the Armenian refugees in 1914
Syria became home to…
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Were 700000 Arab Palestinians forced out of their homes by Zionists?
Foreign policy says:
In the course of the war that ensued, Israel implemented a policy of
ethnic cleansing. 700,000 Arab Palestinians were either forced from
their homes or fled out of fear of further massacres,
Is this true? Is the number…
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Did a 5-year-old refugee die at the Greece-Turkey border?
This archived version of an article from Der Spiegel claims that a 5-year-old refugee girl died helpless in an island at the Greece-Turkey border because she was stung by a scorpion (also found in: Le Monde).
»Ein fünfjähriges Mädchen ist tot,…
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Are refugees forced across the Mediterranean Sea by traffickers against their will?
So far media has painted the picture that African refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea pay huge sums to traffickers to be brought to Europe.
In an interview with BR24 Claus-Peter Reisch, captain of the rescue ship Lifeline, says the…
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Did Angela Merkel push to allow refugees to be employed as truck drivers?
This Express article claims that Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, pushed to allow refugees to be more easily employed as truck (lorry) drivers.
But as the country mourns the tragedy ahead of the festive season, it was revealed that Merkel had…
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Why do Syrian refugees try to reach the UK instead of settling for another EU country?
In the newest BBC documentary Exodus: Our Journey to Europe, we see journeys of several Syrian refugees across Europe. The one that I followed closely was that of Ahmad's, who is desperate to reach the UK.
He appears to be an amazing man and I wish…
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