Posted on 06/21/2015 4:44:39 AM PDT by dennisw
'There is an explosion of human suffering': Angelina Jolie begs the world to do more during visit to Turkish camps filled with Syrians and Iraqis who have fled war
Angelina Jolie serves as a United Nations special envoy for refugees She visited a refugee camp in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, which is home to Syrians and Iraqis displaced by war This visit is the latest in a series of trips to Turkey as part of her work to bring attention to the plight of refugees This was Jolie's third visit to Turkey since 2011, when Syria conflict began Turkey hosts the world's largest refugee community, about 1.6million
After visiting a camp for Syrian refugees in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, actress Angelina Jolie said the world is living through an era of mass displacement.
Jolie, who serves as a United Nations special envoy for refugees, was speaking at a news conference in southeastern Turkey, home to Syrians and Iraqis displaced by war, on World Refugee Day.
'Never before have so many people been dispossessed or stripped of their human rights,' Jolie said.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy Angelina Jolie said on Saturday - World Refugee Day - that the world is living through an era of mass displacement
As Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie's role is to bring attention to the plight of refugees
There is an explosion of human suffering and displacement on a level that has never been seen before,' Jolie said, warning that Syrians and Iraqis were running out of safe havens as neighbouring states reached the limit of their capacity.
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But I’m not visiting the camp...
She can give away as many millions as she wants. Good for her but I still say she is nutso and drove Brad Pitt crazy too. Fallen under her spell.
If she wants to bring tens of thousands of Muslim Syrian refugees here I am definitely against her. Then she is not so nice as far as I am concerned. Let the Muzz sort it out among themselves in their so called House of Peace (Dar al Salam)
They call us Dar Al Harb meaning house of war. Meaning they are making war and Jihad against us including immigration Jihad and demographic Jihad. Screw em!
I’ll give you that.
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