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February 20, 2017

160,000 Rally in Barcelona to Demand Spain Accept More Refugees
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In Spain, as many as 160,000 people took to the streets of Barcelona
Saturday to demand the Spanish government admit more refugees. This is
Meera Zaroor, a Syrian refugee living in Barcelona.

Meera Zaroor: "People could help us to forget the pain we feel because
we miss our loved ones in Syria. Think of us as people, not as a crisis.
We are not a crisis, and we didn't come here to steal people's houses or
their jobs. We came here to live in a secure place, because Syria is not
safe."



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