Sentence examples for ethnic persecution from inspiring English sources

Memories of ethnic persecution simmered.

Findings suggest existing social isolation, language barriers, religious and ethnic persecution among Iraqi refugees.

"These are people living an unimaginable existence, fleeing political, religious and ethnic persecution," said Zerai.

She said the couple, both Christians of Chinese descent, had fled religious and ethnic persecution by the Muslim majority.

Over the first three months of 2015 more than 25,000 fled Myanmar due to ongoing religious and ethnic persecution.

Many have been here since the 1960s or fled ethnic persecution during the breakup of the country.

Thailand has for decades served as a refuge for Burmese opposition leaders and activists fleeing political, ethnic and religious persecution.

Millions left for the Americas: some to colonise, others to escape hunger, financial crises, persecution, ethnic cleansing, war or totalitarian governments.

Asylum, however, as defined under the 1951 Geneva Convention, generally involves protection from political, ethnic or religious persecution or, since 2005, generalized violence.

Prerna Lal, a 27-year-old Fijian of Indian descent, came to California at 14 to get away from ethnic violence and persecution.

On Wednesday, the United States described apparent state-backed violence against Burma's Rohingya Muslims as "ethnic cleansing". The persecution there follows ethnic cleansing campaigns in recent years, including the Islamic State's killing of Yazidis, an ancient minority sect, in Iraq.