A new level of refugee suffering

January 29, 2015 08:16

Hollywood superstar and UN ambassador Angelina Jolie recently visited refugees in Iraq and Syria. On her return, she penned a beautiful opinion piece in the New York Times about their suffering.

I have visited Iraq five times since 2007, and I have seen nothing like the suffering I'm witnessing now... In almost four years of war, nearly half of Syria's population of 23 million people has been uprooted. Within Iraq itself, more than two million people have fled conflict and the terror unleashed by extremist groups. These refugees and displaced people have witnessed unspeakable brutality. Their children are out of school, they are struggling to survive, and they are surrounded on all sides by violence.

Read Angelina Jolie's full opinion piece on the Syrian and Iraqi refugees HERE

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