Blog: Visit to Milan EXPO 2015 - "Together we save lives" (5-6 September 2015) - Hoofdinhoud
The joint EU-Oxfam campaign "EUsaveLIVES" aims to give a voice to these refugees and internally displaced. To the people that are escaping violence and struggling to survive. This campaign gives a voice to the voiceless!
Every four (4) seconds a person is forced to flee their home somewhere in the world. Every four (4) seconds! Almost sixty (60) million people try to escape wars and conflicts worldwide. Right in this moment. As we speak. This is the highest number of refugees and displaced people since World War II. A number that almost equals the Italian population. The images of desperate refugees trying to reach a better life are very vivid. The refugee crisis is simply unprecedented. It requires a global answer!
Children, elderly people, women, men. These people are forced to leave everything behind. It is the case of refugees escaping from the crises in Syria. In Central African Republic and in South Sudan. And these are only some of the humanitarian disasters of today. Needs are huge. Entire communities settle in camps, empty buildings and open fields. They have no income and depend on external aid. Millions of people caught in these conflicts need our help.
The European Union stands in firm solidarity with those who are most in need. The joint EU-Oxfam campaign "EUsaveLIVES" aims to give a voice to these refugees and internally displaced. To the people that are escaping violence and struggling to survive. This campaign gives a voice to the voiceless!
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