About Refugees

About Refugees

A peaceful and prosperous world is one in which people can feel safe and secure in their homes, with their families and in their communities.  It is a world in which they can feel confident in their country, their culture and in the family of nations and peoples on our common planet.
Sometimes, for economic or other personal reasons, people choose to leave their homes, to begin and new life in a new location.  For better or worse, these decisions are made as a matter of conscious choice.

But when nature intervenes in the form of natural disasters people's homes are washed away, blown away, or shaken to the ground, uprooting entire communities.  When war or civil unrest ravages a community, masses or people are forcibly displaced or simply flee to protect life and limb.  At the extreme, they are left with only two options:  death by privation, assault or genocide, or life in exile.  One need only think of those forced to flee the violence in Darfur to glimpse the severity of their need.

A peaceful and prosperous world is one in which people can feel safe and secure in their homes, with their families and in their communities.  It is a world in which they can feel confident in their country, their culture and in the family of nations and peoples on our common planet.
Sometimes, for economic or other personal reasons, people choose to leave their homes, to begin and new life in a new location.  For better or worse, these decisions are made as a matter of conscious choice.

But when nature intervenes in the form of natural disasters people's homes are washed away, blown away, or shaken to the ground, uprooting entire communities.  When war or civil unrest ravages a community, masses or people are forcibly displaced or simply flee to protect life and limb.  At the extreme, they are left with only two options:  death by privation, assault or genocide, or life in exile.  One need only think of those forced to flee the violence in Darfur to glimpse the severity...

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