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Last year for #WorldRefugeeDay we asked Brits about the amount of help refugees got when arriving in the UK:
30% - said they were given too much
18% - said they were given too little
17% - said they were given the right amount
yougov.co.uk/topics/politic…
Those coming to work for the health service (38%), those with high education/skills (29%), and students paying for university (27%) are the groups Brits are most likely to want more of in the country yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… #WorldRefugeeDay
In terms of people that Brits want less of, or don't want at all, those with little education (57%), people coming to live with relatives (42%) and those fleeing war/persecution (31%) rank highest yougov.co.uk/topics/politic… #WorldRefugeeDay
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✡️ Josh Shahryar ☪️
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Today is #WorldRefugeeDay so I'm gonna tell you what being a child refugee is like. This might be repetitive. It's very definitely triggering. But most importantly: it's really about who you are and how you react when you see a child who has been ripped from his homeland.
I was only 5-6 when I had to leave Afghanistan in 1989. When I say "I had to", what I really mean is that the adults around me decided that if I was going to live, I had to be moved (they were right). A child has ZERO choice in where they get to go. No one asked me.
No one even TOLD me. I don't remember a conversation with a parent or grandparent. They didn't sit me down. They didn't explain anything to me. I just started hearing the name "Pakistan" over and over again. I didn't know what it was. This is a typical child refugee.
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Hi, this is @Kimahli Powell. I’m the executive director of @RainbowRailroad, a Canadian-based international organization that helps #LGBTQ individuals facing persecution escape to safety. I’m doing an #HRCTwitterTakeover today to mark #WorldRefugeeDay. Kimahli Powell, Executive Director of Rainbow Railroad
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⚫Migrant: Anyone who chooses to leave their country of origin;
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On #WorldRefugeeDay I'd like to remember and thank every displaced man, woman and child I've interviewed. They did not owe me their stories, but gave them freely. I will never stop being grateful for and honored by their trust in me. I only wish I had more to give in return.
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Went to Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan today. Official population at 53,967, according to @UNHCR as of February 2018. All Syrian #refugees.

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