World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
Every day, people around the world make the difficult decision to leave their countries in search of safety and better lives. Forced to flee their home because of war, violence or persecution, often without warning, these refugees leave behind family members and friends, and most of their belongings. Their hope of arriving safely is often dashed by experiences of trauma or torture at the other end
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
A Yazidi woman makes bread at a refugee camp in Mount Sinjar, Iraq. Yazidi women were brutalised by IS in Syria. The conflict in Syria, now in its seventh year, was the world’s biggest producer of refugees (5.5 million).Many Syrians have been forced to leave their homes, often multiple times, making Syria the largest displacement crisis in the world with 6.3 million people internally displaced and almost 4 million people registered as refugees in neighbouring countries like Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. Turkey hosts over 2.9 million registered Syrians in the 21 government-run refugee camps.
