Amal Clooney spoke in support of the children of migrants: I am a refugee

29 June 2018, 16:42 | gossip 
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In the United States, the scandal with the separation of children of illegal migrants with their parents at the border. In this situation, more than two thousand families have fallen, it is said in "Snidanku 1 + 1".

Now prosecutors of 17 US states filed a class action lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump. Also actively react to this situation and the stars of Hollywood.

One of them is the wife of George Clooney Amal. She flew to the International Arts Festival in Canada's Toronto. There, in her speech, Amal Clooney drew attention to the problems of refugees.

"I am a refugee. If the government of Great Britain did not give me a helping hand, I would not be able to grow up in a safe environment and get an education. My family was forced to leave Lebanon because of the war. And I'm so grateful that I was able to become a resident of a country that showed sympathy for me. I would like to see more countries in the world ready to help, "Amal said..

Spouses Clooney is not the first to support refugees.

A week ago they made a donation - donated $ 100,000 to the American Center for the Rights of Immigrant Children.

From mid-April to the end of May this year, US border guards forcefully separated more than two thousand children of illegal migrants from their parents. Among them, almost a hundred children under the age of 4.

Such a brutal policy caused a lively reaction from the world - from the UN, human rights activists and Hollywood stars. President Donald Trump signed a decree and ordered not to separate the families of detainees at the border.

And the US federal court ruled to return the children to their parents. They decided to give children under five years of age within 14 days, and children older than five - within a month.

The US Customs and Border Protection Service has already returned 500 children to their parents. However, according to the media - in the special shelters for migrant children there are still about two thousand minors.

Источник: ТСН.ua