Title: 14 People You Didn't Know Were Refugees | SELF
Headings: 14 People You Didn't Know Were Refugees
14 People You Didn't Know Were Refugees
Mila Kunis
Albert Einstein
Rita Ora
Alek Wek
Freddie Mercury
Iman
Gloria Estefan
Henry Kissinger
Marlene Dietrich
Madeleine Albright
M.I.A.
Sigmund Freud
Regina Spektor
Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Content: 14 People You Didn't Know Were Refugees | SELF
Politics
January 30, 2017
14 People You Didn't Know Were Refugees
There are over 21 million refugees worldwide. By Haley Goldber g
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that has extreme repercussions for refugees across the world. The order indefinitely bans refugees from Syria from entering the U.S., it blocks refugees from any country from entering the U.S. over the next 120 days, and it blocks citizens—refugee or otherwise—from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the U.S. over the next 90 days. Right after the order was signed, airports in the U.S. and abroad began detaining refugees and residents from those seven countries, and some people were denied entry and sent back overseas, according to the New York Times. Refugees are people who are forced to leave their home in order to escape conflict and persecution, according to the UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. There are over 21 million refugees worldwide, according to the latest UNHRC figures. By placing this temporary ban on refugees, the U.S. is denying safety and opportunity to people across the world. And it's dismissing what refugees stand to bring to our country as well—diversity, talent, ingenuity, and so much more. Steve Jobs, for example, was the biological son of a Syrian migrant. Here, we rounded up 15 people you definitely know, but might not have known are refugees.