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
Published: Jun 20, 2019
World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom

Image by : Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images

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  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
  • World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom

A view of Zaatari refugee camp in north Jordan. The past two years have witnessed a new form of manipulation by refugee-hosting countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. They adopt policies to extract revenue from western countries and organisations to maintain refugees within its borders. Turkey was able to secure an unprecedented sum of 6 billion euros in 2016, as well as other concessions, in return for keeping Syrian refugees within its borders. A Jordanian official was quoted as saying that they should have blackmailed the EU like Turkey did.