Refugee Crisis quotes

Refugee Crisis

15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

15 quotes
Elif Safak
Elif Safak Author

"I would like the refugee crisis to become a new beginning in the Turkish-European relationship. But it would be very problematic if, during this process, human rights were forgotten. Democracy needs to be the priority."

Bill Gates
Bill Gates Business Magnate, Philanthropist

"You have the refugee crisis triggered by Syria. That's got a lot of costs associated with it. Domestically, budgets are incredibly tight because the economy's not generating the growth that makes for easy trade-offs."

Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini Author, Physician

"Michael Bealmear is a philanthropist, and he has become interested in the issue of refugees, and he proposed that we do an event in his community, where we could dedicate an entire evening focused on the global refugee crisis, focused primarily on Afghanistan."

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