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The fundamental right to seek asylum | Melanie Nezer

The fundamental right to seek asylum | Melanie Nezer

The fundamental right to seek asylum | Melanie Nezer

TED Talks News and Politics · Melanie Nezer

July 16, 201910m 41s

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Refugee and immigrants rights attorney Melanie Nezer shares an urgently needed historical perspective on the crisis at the southern US border, showing how citizens can hold their governments accountable for protecting the vulnerable. "A country shows strength through compassion and pragmatism, not through force and through fear," she says.

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