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“Displaced societies are of value. Their issues are our issues.”

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Cynthia Basinet, born in May 1972, is an individual whose profession and category remain unknown. Her life experience and contributions are currently limited in available information. more

“At (UNHCR's) headquarters, I met extraordinary people, men and women, especially from the emergency team, who shared with me their passion, their dedication and their commitment to this organisation and refugees. They told me about the daily difficulties they have to face and also the joy they felt when they managed to save a person whose life was threatened.”

People Men Persons Faces Joy Passion Felt Team Mets Men And Women Commitment Difficulty Extraordinary Dedication Threatened Refugee Emergencies Ordinary People Organisation Headquarters

Author:Julien Clerc

“Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.”

Inspirational Inspiring Simplicity Prerequisites Reliability

Author:Edsger Dijkstra

“Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity”

Conditions Dignity Trauma Despite Harsh Refugee Living Conditions

Author:Julien Clerc

“...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children victims of trafficking...Many move simply to avoid dying of hunger. When leaving is not an option but a necessity, this is more than poverty.”

People Needs Children Moving Poverty Dying Victim Leaving Hunger Protection Midst Refugee Better Life Seekers Asylums Migrants Trafficking Asylum Seekers

Author:Antonio Guterres

“Thus, on this World Refugee Day, let us take time to recognize and draw inspiration from these ordinary people who have shown such extraordinary courage - the world's millions of refugees and displaced.”

People World Inspiration Millions This World Draws Ordinary Extraordinary Take Time Refugee Ordinary People

Author:Antonio Guterres

“In countries where people have to flee their homes because of persecution and violence, political solutions must be found, peace and tolerance restored, so that refugees can return home. In my experience, going home is the deepest wish of most refugees.”

People Country Home Political Found Wish Violence Return Solutions Tolerance Philanthropy Persecution Refugee Problems And Solutions Solution To A Problem Going Home Peace And Tolerance

Author:Angelina Jolie

“Refugees have done more for my heart and my spirit than I can ever express in words.”

Heart I Can Done Spirit My Heart Refugee

Author:Angelina Jolie

“The exile is a singular, whereas refugees tend to be thought of in the mass ... What is implied in these nuances of social standing is the respect we pay to choice. The exile appears to have made a decision, while the refugee is the very image of helplessness.”

Made Choices Social Decision Pay Mass Standing Refugee Exile Helplessness Nuance Implied Character Education

Book:Occasional prose

Source: Occasional prose

“To all the survivors out there, I want them to know that we are stronger and more resilient than we ever knew. We survived, that should be enough but it isn't. We must work hard to become whole again, to fill our soul with love and inspiration, to live the life that was intended for us before it was disrupted by war and horrors, and help rebuild a world that is better than the one we had just left.”

Knows World Want Should War Soul Hard Enough Whole Helping Inspiration Left Hard Work Horror Stronger Live Life Survivor Survived Refugee Resilient Love And Inspiration

Author:Loung Ung

“Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity.”

World Stills Two Country Government Secret Thirds Murder Prison Human Rights Committed Torture Officials Imprisonment Banned Impunity Disappearance

Author:Peter Benenson

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