THE SYRIAN CRISIS
- pipprosser
- Oct 14, 2016
- 2 min read
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I have spent the last few days reading about the Syrian crisis. It is difficult to fathom that so much devastation and heartbreak is happening in today's world. The civil war in Syria—now in its sixth year—has sparked the largest global displacement of people in recorded history. It is almost impossible to conceive that an estimated 11 million Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of the civil war in March 2011. That is almost half of Australia. World Vision states,
"4.8 million Syrians are refugees, and 6.5 million are displaced
within Syria; half of those affected are children."
As I sit at my computer in my comfortable office surrounded by my things and sipping on a cup of coffee, I am astounded that 4.8 million Syrians are refugees. They have no home. They have no computer. They have no things. Many have no personal possessions except for those few items that could be carried in one small bag. Reading What's In My Bag, What Refugees Bring When They Run For Their Lives forces me to imagine what the life of a refugee must be like. How does it feel to have no home, to have lost loved ones, to feel so helpless and without hope?
Watching this short but powerful video makes me question what is to be done to help the Syrian Refugees. They have risked their lives and managed to escape the horrors of their war torn country to seek safety in overcrowded refugee camps. Camps like Za'atari in Jordan are overcrowded, approximately, 80 000 Syrians live in Za'atari making it one of Jordan's largest 'cities". But what happens next?
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