Refugees are those who are forced to leave their country and flee elsewhere due to war, torture, conflict, and violence.
World Refugee Day is celebrated world wide on 20th June since 2001 every year. This day is celebrated to draw attention to the plight of the refugees and raise awareness to solve their problems.
Following are the collection of quotes and slogans about refugees, share it with your friend and family to raise awareness to solve their problems.
World Refugee Day Quotes
To mark World Refugee day, we take a look at some of the quotes that could describe almost everything a refugee goes through. Look at a wide list of Inspirational World Refugee Day Quotes you can share with family & friends.
Safety, food, water, and shelter are things that we tend to take for granted but these priceless treasures in the world of a refugee.
“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” – Warsan Shire
“Refugees didn’t just escape a place. They had to escape a thousand memories until they’d put enough time and distance between them and their misery to wake to a better day” – Nadia Hashimi
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“But if the world measures a refugee according to the worst story, we will always excuse human suffering, saying it is not yet as bad as someone else’s.” – Victoria Armour-Hileman
“It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to open the door when someone in danger knocks” – Dina Nayeri“
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” – Albert Einstein
“To be called a refugee is the opposite of an insult; it is a badge of strength, courage, and victory.”— Tennessee Office for Refugees
“We have a legal and moral obligation to protect people fleeing bombs, bullets, and tyrants, and throughout history, those people have enriched our society.” – Juliet Stevenson
You have never experienced real suffering until you’ve been forced to flee the warmth of your home in order to keep on living.
“Refugees didn’t just escape a place. They had to escape a thousand memories until they’d put enough time and distance between them and their misery to wake to a better day” – Nadia Hashimi
“A lasting solution, the possibility to begin a new life, is the only dignified solution for the refugee himself.” – Poul Hartling
“No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land.” – Warsan Shire
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”— Emma Lazarus
“Refugees are not terrorists. They are often the first victims of terrorism.” – António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres“
“Refugees are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, with the same hopes and ambitions as us–except that a twist of fate has bound their lives to a global refugee crisis on an unprecedented scale” – Khaled Hosseini“
“A refugee is someone who survived and who can create the future.” – Amela Koluder
“The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children return to school; violence against women declines; trade and economic activity resume; medical and other services become more accessible, and the international focus changes from relief to development and self-sufficiency. All this makes new wars less likely. It is a virtuous cycle that deserves nurture and support.” – Kenneth H. Bacon
World Refugee Day Slogans
“Migrants and Refugees: Towards a Better World”.
“1 family torn apart by war is too many”.
“Take 1 minute to support a family forced to flee”.
“With courage let us all combine”.
“Together we unite, and Together we stand.”
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