refugees and migrants - syria
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SYRIA“The worst
humanitarian crisis of our time” – Amnesty International
■I was born inDamascus, Syria
I moved to Aleppo in 1990, because of Assad regime pestering.
Arab Spring
In 2010, when the Arab Spring began, in Syria, everything looked normal on the surface…
Turning Point■ After June 2011 soldiers and officers
started defecting from the army and joining the protesters
■ Syria’s unrest key facts■ The Syrian revolution timeline
Brutalitythe Assad regime was killing protesters and regime opposition by: ■ torture, UN report– Ceaser smuggled 50,000
photos of 11,000 bodies tortured in Assad intelligence branches
■ barrel bombs– barrel bomb aftermath – little boy
cries the death of his siblings
■ Chemical weapons (a 60 Minutes report), CNN report, ABC report
Death toll & Displacement
Humanitarian Crisishttps://www.amnesty.org.nz/syria-worst-humanitarian-crisis-our-time
People in Yarmouk Camp south of Damascus lining up to receive UN food aid after 8 month siege by the regime.
Running away
Syrian Refugee Crisis: All you need to know
Refugee Crisis in Numbers
The European Refugee Crisis and Syria Explained
Refugees Crisis■ When people ask “why Syrian refugees travel to Europe”, show them
this