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The European Union has many tools for addressing the root causes of the crisis: "such as the trust funds for Africa and for the Syrian refugee crisis, the Facility for Refugees in Turkey and the EU's External Investment Plan" [29] However, as the Transnational Institute criticised in a 2021 report, "Europe is creating refugees through its arms ...
In the time during and immediately after the refugee crisis, crimes committed by immigrants were often widely publicised and seized upon by opponents of immigration. [89] During 2015, foreign fighters who had joined the Islamic state travelled with the migration flow back to Europe. In the January 2016-April 2017 period, four asylum seekers ...
Crisis in Venezuela: 8.9 million: Venezuela: 2014 Present 10 years [17] Syrian Civil War: 6.7 million: Syria: 2011 Present 13 years [18] Soviet–Afghan War: 6.2 million: Afghanistan: 1978 1989 11 years [19] Yemeni Civil War: 4.5 million: Yemen: 2015 Present 9 years [20] Vietnam War: 3.0 million: Mainland Southeast Asia: 1975 2000 25 years [21 ...
The Haitian refugee crisis, which began in 1991, saw the US Coast Guard collect Haitian refugees and take them to a refugee camp at Guantanamo Bay. [1] They were fleeing by boat after Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected president of Haiti, was overthrown and the military government was persecuting his followers. [2]
During the 20th century, "Venezuela was a haven for immigrants fleeing Old World repression and intolerance" according to Newsweek. [2] Emigration began at low rates in 1983 after oil prices collapsed, though the increased rates of emigration, especially the flight of professionals, grew largely following the Bolivarian Revolution which was led by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. [33]
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In Salam Neighbor, the filmmakers sought to understand the human side of the Syrian refugee crisis by living among the refugees. [10] This immersive film style, combined with a social impact campaign, reflects the strategy of Living on One, which was co-founded by Salam Neighbor's directors/producers Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, [11] and echoes their previous documentary, Living on One ...
At a time when rhetoric about the border and the so-called “migrant crisis” continues unabated, “El Norte's" focus on the humanity of its Maya protagonists reorients the conversation around ...