Melech 9,900 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 UN honors Germany Also on Tuesday, the UN's refugee agency honored Germany for being a "humanitarian frontrunner" in helping to tackle the world's refugee crisis as it marked World Refugee Day. The day highlights the plight facing millions of displaced persons and calls on state actors to make tangible efforts in alleviating the suffering. Volker Turk, the Assistant High Commissioner for the UN's Refugee Agency (UNHCR), told German media that Germany had taken a leading role in helping to tackle the plight of refugees. Turk said he hoped Germany would lead talks on resettling migrants at the G20 summit in Hamburg next month. Since 2015, Germany has taken in more than a million refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, although the flow of refugees into the country has significantly slowed in the past year. More recent efforts instead focused on providing humanitarian aid to besieged regions. Last year alone, Berlin spent some 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) on aid, making it one of the world's most generous humanitarian spenders. Its humanitarian budget increased ten-fold over the past five years, according to Germany's foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel. Gabriel, on Tuesday praised the UNHCR for being the country's "most important humanitarian partner." However, Germany's top diplomat also had stern words for the international community, calling on it to do more in dealing with the global refugee crisis. "Germany can't cope with these challenges on its own," Gabriel said. "We need joint international efforts and a fairer distribution of responsibility in order to alleviate the suffering of refugees around the world and prevent long-term refugee crises from happening in the first place." http://www.dw.com/en/world-refugee-day-un-warns-us-against-isolation-from-global-problems/a-39322404 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,645 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 When will Greece? (Talking about that other thread lol) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOTNebraskaGuy 19,547 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Wouldn't have happened 70 years ago. People can change, so can countries. One, five, ten lay a million on me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: When will Greece? (Talking about that other thread lol) Tbh Greece is being let down in the refugee crisis It clearly can't cope with the refugees due to its geographical area and France, Poland or UK don't seem care about it at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzily 14,571 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 ha redemption arc. Inside my head I have the best time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VforVendetta 2,024 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 34 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: When will Greece? (Talking about that other thread lol) Yes, when will the country that keeps the refugees in their homes even though we are in a deep crisis and we don't drown them in their boats along with their whole family and dignity like most other European countries do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qualle1 1,385 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 41 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: When will Greece? (Talking about that other thread lol) I am very sorry, but your post is neither funny, nor witty! Greece and Italy should get very much more help and especially money to handle the refugee crisis in their countries. This money should come from all the (right-wing) states of the European Union (f. e. Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic) who refuse to shelter refugees - even though this has all been made into law of the European Union! MAKE LOVE NOT WAR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SychosSoChic 9,995 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 54 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: When will Greece? (Talking about that other thread lol) MORPHINE YOU DID NOT Life ain't Hollywood for any one of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,645 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 3 hours ago, SychosSoChic said: MORPHINE YOU DID NOT Nnnn at least someone got it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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