Sentence examples for refugees- from inspiring English sources

Anelay said: "The government believes the most effective way to prevent refugees and migrants attempting this dangerous crossing is to focus our attention on countries of origin and transit, as well as taking steps to fight the people smugglers who wilfully put lives at risk by packing migrants into unseaworthy boats".

Human rights organisations have raised fears that more migrants and refugees will die in their attempt to reach Europe from the north African coast.

The shadow home secretary said the government should work more closely with the devolved institutions and councils to assess how many refugees they would be prepared to take.

Most people need help in neighbouring countries and Britain is rightly setting an example in providing aid to the nearly 4 million Syrian refugees in the region.

But Cooper said that the government has only accepted 140 Syrian refugees via the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) which has identified the most vulnerable.

"Its time to properly separate refugees from immigration policy.

"The Lib Dems have already championed their commitment in 2010 by ending indefinite detention and are now willing to introduce a time limit alongside resettling 1,500 Syrian refugees and ending the use of pain as a form of restraint".

There was no online global data bank that could be accessed or used by refugees themselves.

Cameron's proposal is modelled on the Spanish response to the flow of refugees to the Canary Islands from west Africa.

Foffi said refugees' journeys typically started three months before arrival at the shores of north Africa, and involved hardships that saw around half of the travellers die.

Rising temperatures leading to greater water scarcity, sea level rises and extreme weather events may exacerbate tensions over natural resources and cause large numbers of people to become "climate refugees" as they migrate across borders.