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JI7

(89,247 posts)
Mon Oct 12, 2015, 07:22 PM Oct 2015

Desperate Syrian Refugees Return to War Zone

what a shitty situation. either living in poverty with hunger, no medical care and having to pay for even water in Jordan or going back to a war zone where they may be able to live better but be at a huge risk for getting killed in war from the fighting and attacks .

all while the wealthy arab nations do nothing .


<These refugees either cannot afford to go to Europe or do not want to. Instead, they are going on a different dangerous journey: returning home to a war zone.

"I've no relatives left here and no money," says a mother of three from Deraa, in southern Syria. "Everybody started going back. We're so tired."

"In Syria, I'll find people I know," she goes on. "I'll be among my own people. It will be OK. Whatever happens, happens."

One man from Homs has decided to stay with his ageing mother in Jordan while his wife will take their two small daughters - one a newborn - to join her parents in regime-held Damascus.

"It's a hard life here. My baby daughter is really sick and I can't afford her treatment. In Syria, it will be available," says Abu Ahmed. >


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34504418

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