#evacuees

[newyorkthegoldenage]

On the last lap of a globe-encircling trip, part of a group of European displaced persons leave a sealed train after arriving in Staten Island, May 28, 1950, under the sponsorship of the International Refugee Organization. All were evacuees from China, and most sailed on May 29, 1950 aboard the transport General Ballou for Bremerhaven, Germany. Other were accepted for immigration in the United States. A total of 107 were scheduled for repatriation to their home countries—Germany, Austria, and Italy. The train arrived from San Francisco.

Photo: John Lindsay for the AP via the Palm Beach Post

[henk-heijmans]

Evacuees from London to a farm in Sussex are thrilled with new lambs, ca. 1940 - by Reg Speller, English

[trexalicious]

Per ICE sources, the man seen in a viral video being subdued by residents & arrested by police w/ a blowtorch near the Kenneth fire in West Hills is an illegal alien from Mexico named Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva... #OpenBorders

[eretzyisrael]

Good News From Israel

In the 25th Feb 24 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:

IDF soldiers can fly for free on Israel’s National Airline.

Some “amazing but true” stories from Gaza.

Clinical trials show Israeli ALS therapy slows cognitive decline.

Three Israeli ag-tech innovations that could prevent world hunger.

Europe is investing in Israeli green technology.

Israel had international success at swimming, weightlifting and 4 more sports.

A 2000-year-old stone box was unearthed on Jerusalem’s Pilgrim Road.

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In Israel, we're slowly seeing the country emerge from one of the darkest times since the Holocaust. Evacuees are returning to their homes in the South as the threat from terrorists in Gaza is being eliminated. The transformation from darkness to light is reflected in much of last week's news. The dark days of displaced Israeli families have been made a little brighter thanks to donations and kind hosts. A wounded Fauda TV star has been able to see the light of day after being discharged from hospital.  A Hamas terrorist emerging from a dark tunnel shaft with a bomb was seen just in time. And from the dark despair after seeing Hamas murder his wife, a brave, stateless Bedouin and his nine children can have a brighter future as permanent residents of Israel. The usual weekly Israeli medical breakthroughs give brighter prospects for ALS and PTSD sufferers, heart patients, and pregnant mothers in Brazil. The winter sun is shining on Israeli agricultural innovations with climate-resistant seeds, plant propagation breakthroughs, and sun-dried tomatoes on the vine. Meanwhile, Israeli technology is revolutionizing the taking of photos in poor light. Finally, Israel celebrated some shining sporting results; a 2,000-year-old unique stone box, found near the ruins of the Temple in Jerusalem, is now seeing the light of day; and an Israeli fashion designer played the Israeli National anthem Hatikvah in New York, to accompany the showing of his Autumn collection, aptly entitled "Illumination of Hope".  Let's hope that the rest of the world also "sees the light". The photo (TY Sharon) is of an illuminated Jerusalem street during the Shaon Horef (Winter Noise) festival.

[huong1952]

huong1952: The Evacuees

I am not content with this life,

Waking up in the morning, overnight

Children's cries heard, somewhere

A stampede,

Bare footed people running,

Babies in mothers' arms,

The old and infirm pulled in carts.

Once in my motherland, there was a war

which left a bitter after taste,

The residues of chemicals that burnt

Deeper than napalms.

Today I see a trail of evacuees

Zigzagging like ants under rains of leaves,

An emergency, a death sentence,

Running from nowhere to nowhere

In a caged plot of land.

No, I am not content with this life,

Going to bed at night, waking up alive

To the sound of explosions

Elsewhere

Or right here, inside my heart.

Peace had become a dirty word soaked with blood.

Once in my motherland there were

Carpet bombings and revenge killings

By both sides,

Deadly rockets fell on trails of evacuees

Running from nowhere to nowhere

In a caged plot of land,

All in the name of peace.

I am alive, curse me! A survivor!

And I am not content with this life.

History brought back lessons of death,

But alas the hearts denied!

A life is a life,

A kill is a kill,

Intentional or not (who says not?).

I am alive

But the soul is gasping for understanding.

In this madness,

The human eyes are closed (not blinded),

Ears muffled (not deaf),

Hearts hardened like stones.

Only the earth, soaked with blood, moans,

When blistered feet of the innocents

Trample on...

[without-ado]

We pray that your life will be as happy as walking on a flower path.

Evacuees from Afghanistan arrive at Melsbroek military airport in Belgium (20210825)

l © S. Korean artist Lee Jung Hyun 이정현/ Johanna Geron REUTERS

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Guardian Angels by Paige Payne

our deepest condolences to the Afghan civilians and the 13 U.S. soldiers who were killed in the Kabul attacks. please...rest in peace.

[bustytheclown]

MY FAMILY AND I EVACUATED NEW ORLEANS TO ESCAPE HURRICAN IDA AND CANNOT RETURN TO THE CITY. WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FUNDS. PLEASE DONATE IF YOU CAN AND SHARE SHARE SHARE

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[thejewellerybox]

Bristol WWII evacuee reunited with ID bracelet found near Bath

A World War Two evacuee has been reunited with a bracelet she was given as she left her home to live with her grandparents.

Ann Miles, now 82, lost her bracelet near Bath, where it was found by Marcus Miller with a metal detector.

Mrs Miles, from Coney Hill in Gloucester, has been put in touch with Mr Miller by BBC Radio Bristol after an appeal to find her.

She said she "can't wait" to see the bracelet again.

The silver evacuee bracelet was given to Mrs Miles - then Ann Crouch - as she was evacuated from Bristol to her grandparent's farm in Upton Cheyney in 1940.

At just a year old, she stayed there with her mother until she was four when they returned home to Cottrell Road.

Mrs Miles found out about the bracelet when her cousin sent her a picture published on the radio station's Facebook page saying "it must be her".

"It's such a shock that somebody could even find it," she said.

"I just can't thank Marcus enough. I'm just astounded."

Mrs Miles said the bracelet will bring back memories, good and bad, of special times with her family on the farm during the war.

"I would have been about 18-months-old I think. I can remember somebody putting something on my wrist and adjusting it and saying 'oh well, she won't lose that, will she'," she said.

"I just wish mum and dad were still here to say 'it's not lost anymore'."

Mr Miller only took up metal detecting around six months ago.

He said he has found "all kinds of things", but this is the find that "has pulled the heart strings the most".

"I was just about to go home when I came across the little ID bracelet... with an ID evacuation number, " Mr Miller said.

"I knew it was something a little bit special and then I thought, yeah, lets get this back to the family or whoever owned it.

"It's been quite an emotional week. It beats a Roman coin any day." X