Tomorrow is World Refugee Day and we will cover events commemorating the plight of refugees, the anguish, suffering and isolation they feel in abandoning their homelands, along with the efforts of the international community to ease their situations and raise awareness over the course of the day tomorrow. Our fellow FPA blogger, Cassandra Clifford, has already compiled a list of interesting links on this important occassion, which you can access here.
Nothing can, however, come close to hearing personal accounts of what it means to flee your own country in times of war. The UNHCR compiles these videos and after recent announcement by western governments that they will either refuse to accept additional Iraqi migrants or begin sending them back, this video is a particularly graphic reminder of why developed countries must go far beyond the requirements of the Geneva Convention to help, protect and shelter those in need.
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