Tag: refugee crisis
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asylum
Last post, I considered the origin of refugee. The word comes from Latin, as we saw, though so many of the actual refugees are fleeing Syria and other Middle Eastern and North African countries to seek asylum in Europe. Here, let’s seek the origin of asylum. Asylum In my experience, asylum evokes two phrases in the English language: political asylum and insane or lunatic asylum. The latter…
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refugee
According to the UN, more than 4 million refugees have fled Syria, among other countries, for neighboring countries and Europe. The humanitarian crisis is complicated, dramatic, and tragic, as we so sadly observed in the toddler who washed ashore a Turkish beach. As the international community figures out how to help the refugees, some debate has flared…
Mashed Radish 