And if you have been following the news in recent years, i imagine that you, like me, have found it difficult to ignore the topic of refugees. This is an image of a refugees experience, fleeing communist vietnam in 1975. In many ways it reminds us of images that we might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea. Refugees are suffocating in meat trucks. Theyre crowding onto leaky boats. Theyre drowning. The bodies of those who are unable to cross to safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. And refugees have been in the news for the past few years, particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So were not just talking about refugees coming from syria but from other wartorn regions. Especially in the past a couple of years, it has also been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. And Refugee Resettlement, like so many other topics today, has become a po
Difficult to ignore the topic of refugees. This is an image of a refugees experience fleeing communist vietnam in 1975. In many ways, it reminds us of images that we might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea. Refugees are suffocating in meat trucks. Theyre crowding onto leaky boats. Theyre drowning the bodies of those unable to cross to safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. Refugees have been in the news for the past few years, particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So were not just talking about refugees coming from syria, but from other wartorn regions. Especially in the last couple years, it has been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. Refugee resettlement has become a polarizing topic. On one hand, opposition to refugees has been fierce and even hostile. Politicians at the local, state, and federal level have linked refugees to
President ial library and museum. Im so excited for you to be here today. We are commemorating the refugee act of 1980 signed by president carter in march that year. On behalf of president carter, who was unable to be here, i just want to welcome you first, welcome you to the carter president ial center. We say center because theres two fabulous entities here, the federal entity is the Library Museum which is where you are now and a few feet away is the Carter Center which is an ngo. Together president carter looks at us as the center. We provide him with data, research, camaraderie, advice and we work really, really hard for him as well. The refugee act is an amendment to the earlier immigration and nationality act and the migration of the refugee assistant act. The goal was to provide permanent and consistent admission to people who were suffering in other nations and to provide asylum. That was the whole point of it. This is what makes it so exciting to be here today too. We are par
Might see on the news today. Its hard to ignore the human stories of families perishing at sea refugees are suffering and suffocating in meat tracks, crowding onto leaky boats and rounding the bodies of those who are unable to cross the safety are washing up on mediterranean beaches. Refugees of been in the news for the past few years, particularly related to the crisis in syria, but refugees are being uprooted by conflict all around the world. So, were not just talking about refugees coming from syria but from other wartorn region. In the past couple years its been very difficult to ignore the public response to refugees. Like so many other topics today, this is become a polarizing topic on one hand, opposition to refugees has been hostile politicians at the local state have linked refugees to terrorism and pursued antirefugee policies in the name of National Security the most famous is Donald Trumps executive order which ground the federal refugee from to a halt in january 2017. Spir
President carter in march that year. On the half of president carter who is unable to be here, i want to welcome new first to welcome you to the carter president ial center. We say center because theres two fabulous entities here, the federal entity is the Library Museum which is where you are now and, a few feet away is the Carter Center. Together, president carter looks at us as the center, we provide him with data, research, commodity, advice and we work really hard for him as well. So the refugee act as an amendment to the earlier immigration and nationality act in the migration of the refugee assistance act. The goal was to provide admission to people who were suffering in other nations and provide asylum that was the whole point of it. This is what makes it so exciting, we are partnering with the ceo whos been doing this work for over 100 years. Helping people come to america and work through resettlement and getting the life more robust and back on track in more ways in the Unit