Representative COLLINS. for your remarks and your leadership on this issue. Thank you. I would also like to conclude my remarks today by highlighting a few other key issues. According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. there are more than 50 million refugees around the world. half of which are women and children. Religion is a key factor in humanitarian crises worldwide. as we saw earlier this year. with a record number of refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean to seek asylum. In this Congress. I have also introduced legislationthe Protecting Religious Minorities Persecution by ISIS Act of 2015to address the plight of religious minorities in ISISheld territories.
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