above created by a 7 year old boy, met by doctors without borders 

– on world refugee day

“Humanitarianism is about more than medical efficiency or technical competence. In our choice to be with those who suffer, compassion leads not simply to pity but to solidarity. Solidarity implies to demand a minimum respect for human life and to recognize the dignity and autonomy of others, and asserting the right of others to make choices about their own destiny. Humanitarianism is about the struggle to create the space to be fully human.”

-doctors without borders

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“in a way, the same is true of the immigrants.

they have contributed in their way to the flowering of the community,

and their individual striving and suffering have remained unknown.

unemployment is not decreased by restricting immigration.

for unemployment depends on faulty distribution of work among those capable of work. 

immigration increases consumption as much as it does demand on labor.

immigration strengthens not only the internal economy of a sparsely populated country,

but also its defensive power.”

-albert einstein, in a speech at the World’s Fair, New York, USA 1939