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Nobel Peace Prize winner educationist Malala Yousafzai has urged President Donald Trump not to shut US doors on defenseless children and families, rendered refugees by conflicts.
“In this time of uncertainty and unrest around the world, I ask President Trump not to turn his back on the world’s most defenseless children and families,” she said in a statement following President Trump’s executive order to suspend refugee program for Syrians.
“I am heartbroken that America is turning its back on a proud history of welcoming refugees and immigrants — the people who helped build your country, ready to work hard in exchange for a fair chance at a new life,” the 19-year-old Pakistani activist added.
She particularly cited the plight of Syrian refugee children, saying they have suffered through six years of war by no fault of their own.
Trump has said his immigration and refugee restrictions do not mean ban on Muslims arriving in the United States, and are aimed at keeping ISIS terrorists out of the United States.
The presidential order bars “all persons from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen from entering the United States for 30 days.”
