“Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family.” (Ban Ki moon)
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” (Emma Lazarus)
“Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of history.” (Pope Francis)
“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.” (Antonio Guterres)
“Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity.” (Julien Clerc)
“I urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.” (Kofi Annan)
“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.”
“Your enemy is not the refugee. Your enemy is the one who made him a refugee.” (Tariq Ramadan)
“A child on the other side of the border is no less worthy of love and compassion than my child.” (Barack Obama)“Who are we as human beings, if we ignore the sufferings of others?”
