Her father, a painter whose work hangs in the Tate, moved there because Hampstead welcomed refugees from the continent.

Sweden welcomed refugees and displaced persons at the end of World War II.

A message board listed the phone numbers and addresses of people in other towns, even in Canada, who offered to welcome refugees into their homes.

The United States has long welcomed refugees from persecution.

I do not wish to imply that the Swiss welcomed refugees with open arms.

Contrary to popular belief, Paraguay was not completely isolated, Francia welcomed political refugees from various countries.

But even in this dire strait, they welcomed refugees, and even gave them a place at the top table.

He also welcomed Jewish refugees in 1938 and Spanish farmers in the 1950s as part of this plan.

The new Rwandan Government has said it would welcome refugees who were not involved in the massacres.

The President's mandate, enacted in 1995, reversed a 35-year policy that had welcomed such refugees to American shores.