I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.
Once a refugee, always a refugee. I can't ever remember not being all right wherever I was, but you don't give your whole allegiance to a place or want to be entirely identified with the society you're living in.
My commitment to refugees comes from a very personal place.
The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong.
My experience as a refugee had made me strong; I could survive anything, even the world of fashion.
We're so lucky where we live, but we're so out of touch. Everyone's mindset is made to feel that refugees are a problem, but it's more than that. They're human beings, too. They were forced from their homes.
I just want to encourage you all... to rethink the resettlement of refugees in this country, especially in the numbers I'm hearing.
I am so impressed by UNHCR staff who live and work side by side with the refugees. It's really remarkable.
You know, those of us who leave our homes in the morning and expect to find them there when we go back - it's hard for us to understand what the experience of a refugee might be like.