Sentence examples for seeking humanitarian from inspiring English sources

The United States issues about 1.1 million green cards a year and allocates roughly 85 percent to family members of American citizens or legal residents, people seeking humanitarian refuge and "diversity immigrants," who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

Since 2014, people seeking humanitarian protections ― particularly from the violence-plagued Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras ― have made up a large percentage of all unauthorized crossings. .

The numbers of Haitian migrants ― thousands of whom crossed into the United States over the fall and early winter seeking humanitarian relief ― have likewise dropped precipitously, from 3,471 in October to 218 in February.

Yonhap, a national news agency in South Korea, predicted that North Korea would seek humanitarian food aid from the United States in return for allowing some of those Korean-Americans to meet their North Korean relatives.

While their counterparts in neighboring districts were forced to seek humanitarian support, the people I met were not just weathering the storm, they were thriving.

The appalling condition of refugee centres on the Libyan coastline has been another complicating factor for those seeking a humanitarian solution, and governments are divided about the best way to offer support.

The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator John Holmes said that he had received less than half the $9.5bn sought for humanitarian work this year.

Laura Carlsen of the Americas Policy Program said that despite the Obama administration's claims that it would boost development aid for Mexico, its budget proposal seeks "minimal" humanitarian assistance and maintains support for hardline policing tactics.

Funding is also being sought for humanitarian activities in Sudan.

But secretaries of state have a different constituency, and Mrs. Clinton knows that the early relationship with the European allies, among others, may well depend on how she strikes a balance between defending Israel and seeking to address humanitarian concerns about the conflict in Gaza.

The neutrality principle, however, is itself an exposed political position, as 'despite the pronouncements and practices of humanitarian actors seeking to ensure that their actions confer no military advantage, and are driven solely on the basis of need, the humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality are under constant assault' (Curtis 2001: 3).