Sputnik.png Brazil Welcomes Refugees with 'Open Arms' Sputnik, Moscow, 8 September 2015 Brazil is welcoming the refugees from the Middle East and North Africa with "open arms" amid the migrant crisis, President Dilma Rousseff said in a speech. Dilma Rousseff.jpg Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil "I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate the position of our government in receiving individuals who have been expelled from their respective countries," Rousseff said in a televised address Monday, as quoted by the TeleSUR television network. According to the media outlet, Brazil has welcomed over 1,700 Syrian refugees since 2013, which is more than any other country in the region. The world is currently struggling with an unprecedented migrant crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people attempting to flee conflict torn regions of the Middle East and North Africa. Many countries, including the European Union states and Australia, pledged to take in more refugees from Syria, mired in civil war since 2011. From: http://sputniknews.com/art_living/20150908/1026713935.html -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
