Refugees Quotes

Zambia has been very generous in hosting refugees for years. It is now up to the international community to do its share by funding the WFP. - Ahmed Said Farah

Why should we recognize Israel? Has Israel recognized the Palestinian people or the right of return for the refugees? - Mahmoud Zahar

Why are we going to recognize Israel? Is Israel going to recognize the right of return of Palestinian refugees? Is Israel going to recognize Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital? - Mahmoud Zahar

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country? - Marco Rubio

When I was in Paris, all of the German refugees began to flow in and it was a very sad time. - Elliott Carter

What we're doing here is human interaction on a heart level. All of the volunteers here have bonded with our guests. They are guests to us, not evacuees or refugees. They are family. - Barry Murchison

What is being done is fairly massive. There will be temporary field offices in various areas around the disaster zone... We'll be trying to get word to refugees that are staying in shelters that they can visit or call these temporary field offices to get their checks. As you can imagine, it's a rather difficult proposition to get that information out to the people who need it. - Jim McCrery

WFP intends to continue helping the refugees but it can only do so with the help of the international community. That help is needed more than ever. - Amir Abdulla

We've prevented Milosevic from using refugees as a weapon to destabilize neighboring countries. - Jamie Shea