Let’s Help Refugees Thrive, Not Just Survive | Melissa Fleming | TED Talks

Today's refugee crisis is the biggest since World War II, and it's growing. When this talk was given, 50 million people had been forcefully displaced from their homes by conflict and war; as of 2021, the number grew to more than 82 million. There were three million Syrian refugees in 2014; now there are 5.5 million languishing in neighboring countries. Inside this overwhelming crisis are the individual human stories -- of care, growth and family, in the face of lost education, lost home, lost future. Melissa Fleming of the United Nations tells the refugees' stories -- and asks us to help them rebuild their world.

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[RysonRy]

KaoYip student come here to study listening 😢😢😢

[Shogero]

Comparatively, it's far easier for Lebanon to take in Syrian refugees because their history, culture, genealogy, etc. are intimately related. Simply saying "everyone else should be like Lebanon" is facile.

[jorislucquin]

Help the refugees to stay in their countries ! THAT would be humanity and generosity.

[yon]

I agree that she had told the vast majority of people everything right, but it would have been better, if she had suggested a reason why they need to help the refugees thrive. They need to be educated, they need to be well-treated, and we understand that becuase we all are human beings in the world we live in. But it would have been more specific, if she had made a point on why the refugees can stop the armed gangs and why they can make a better world for their next generation. The reason maybe is that there would be nobody who knows better about what it is like to deal with the severe hardship: homes destroyed, family died, no food, no education, etc than people who take all these things that they couldn't get for granted. I respect what she told us on the TED stage.

[lisaa]

Its not just refugees who have lives of monotony.
Agreed with the comment below send em to her house she can help them.

[aanamee]

Wow @ all the comments. Missing the whole point of this video!

[therabeehive]

A beautiful message, one that I hope enters the heart of many others. Thank you Melissa Fleming.

[mctm]

so sad to see all the lack of empathy some people have... there is a book  out called The Lottery of Birth.  Count your blessings you were not born into a  war torn country... Thanks to people like Melissa who can offer refuges a future... more often than not they really appreciate it so much more

[jordanquinn]

Thanks for sharing. It's refreshing and hopeful to see and hear such compassionate and open minded people in the world. Living in America, surrounded by slothful ungrateful zombies, it is very discouraging. I appreciate all of the hard work and sacrifice people like you struggle to achieve in order to help others less fortunate.. THAT is what being a human being is all about. Many blessings.

[yon]

전달력이 정말 대단하시네... 역시 유엔에서 일하시는 분들은 말씀하시는게 뚜렷하고 깔끔하다..

[obtEU]

A wolf in sheeps clothing. This is the same one who claimed that the world economic forum OWNS science. She believes that institutions should be prioritize over individuals.

[Rookie_Rockounding]

Tony Abbott so needs to watch this and realise refugees to Australia are victims, not criminals and don't deserve to be treated as though they are.

[Aletheia.Admin.Science]

With all due respect, I believe that initiating a conversation with questions about who killed the family and bombed the house is not an appropriate starting point, in my opinion.

[ZhengAI]

People should focus to stop the action (wars) that caused the people become refugees. Otherwise, there will be more and more refugees that we can't save faster enough than the war kills. It is like stray dog issue. People (dog owners) are the ones should be educated. Not ask the animal saving group or people to save more dogs/cats/horses. So, those politicians and people who make weapons to make money are the ones who should pay for.

[ELAINE]

Ms. Fleming, your talk is absolutely important!! I congratulate you for your ideas. They're fantastic. If people of the world think about everything you say, there will be peace and solutions for many tragedies all over the world . Thank you for everything!

[blackbird]

an excellent talk. some very important points.

[yesuaragukunda]

There is better way to help refugee not just survive but make lives for themselves and there family. We just need to take action

[kidsrefugees]

Hi I really liked your presentation. I am also a refugee supporter. You inspired me to help them thrive not just survive.

[simonacamilla]

Really interesting and inspiring, we need more people thinking like she. We have too much to learn from refugees. 

[Ssyandi.]

OUR refugee life stories seem the same. We live haplessly, but strive because people like Melissa got our back. There was a time I called myself non human being because of bad life am facing in refugee camp.