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Angelina Jolie criticizes U.S. response to refugees as 'politics of fear'
Source: USA Today
Angelina Jolie criticizes U.S. response to refugees as 'politics of fear'
Maria Puente, USA TODAY 1:02 p.m. EDT May 16, 2016
Angelina Jolie takes her role as an advocate for refugees seriously, so much so she's not afraid to criticize U.S. attitudes — and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump — in public while abroad.
Speaking at the World on the Move migration event sponsored by the BBC in London on Monday, Jolie said she is disheartened by the U.S. response to the global refugee crisis.
She said she fears the international humanitarian system for refugees is breaking down, and that countries will adopt increasingly isolationist policies instead of acting together to tackle the challenge. She said that more than 60 million people were displaced globally, more than at any time in the past 70 years.
"I have been very, very disheartened by my own country's response to the situation," said Jolie, the special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency.
She said that concerns about uncontrolled immigration has given "a false air of legitimacy to those who promote politics of fear and separation....It has created the risk of a race to the bottom, with countries competing to be the toughest," she said.
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Maria Puente, USA TODAY 1:02 p.m. EDT May 16, 2016
Angelina Jolie takes her role as an advocate for refugees seriously, so much so she's not afraid to criticize U.S. attitudes — and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump — in public while abroad.
Speaking at the World on the Move migration event sponsored by the BBC in London on Monday, Jolie said she is disheartened by the U.S. response to the global refugee crisis.
She said she fears the international humanitarian system for refugees is breaking down, and that countries will adopt increasingly isolationist policies instead of acting together to tackle the challenge. She said that more than 60 million people were displaced globally, more than at any time in the past 70 years.
"I have been very, very disheartened by my own country's response to the situation," said Jolie, the special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency.
She said that concerns about uncontrolled immigration has given "a false air of legitimacy to those who promote politics of fear and separation....It has created the risk of a race to the bottom, with countries competing to be the toughest," she said.
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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/05/16/angelina-jolie-criticizes-us-response-refugees-politics-fear/84438830/
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