Tom Hanks: Fences not the answer to refugee crisis
- 9 years ago
Fences won't solve the European refugee crisis, actor Tom Hanks says.
In an interview with Christiane Amanpour, Hanks spoke with dismay about the violence that's forcing people to flee their homes: "What do you call the sort of chaos that is in Syria and parts of Afghanistan, the places where Muslim fundamentalism is reigning and there seems to be no rhyme or reason ... to the honoring of human life?"
He went on to urge a more effective humanitarian response in Europe - one that doesn't involve erecting border fences: "We have an opportunity here, I think.
The actor, who says he's "a lay historian," said that large movements of people are not unprecedented but that the world has never found the best response.
Hanks, who played a refugee stranded in an airport in 2004's "The Terminal," said that when he's abroad, people still approach him about that role: "In Europe, parts of it, I get many people that come up to me: 'I was "Terminal," I was "Terminal."
In an interview with Christiane Amanpour, Hanks spoke with dismay about the violence that's forcing people to flee their homes: "What do you call the sort of chaos that is in Syria and parts of Afghanistan, the places where Muslim fundamentalism is reigning and there seems to be no rhyme or reason ... to the honoring of human life?"
He went on to urge a more effective humanitarian response in Europe - one that doesn't involve erecting border fences: "We have an opportunity here, I think.
The actor, who says he's "a lay historian," said that large movements of people are not unprecedented but that the world has never found the best response.
Hanks, who played a refugee stranded in an airport in 2004's "The Terminal," said that when he's abroad, people still approach him about that role: "In Europe, parts of it, I get many people that come up to me: 'I was "Terminal," I was "Terminal."