More than 4 million Iraqis have fled their homes since 2003. An estimated 1.2 million have taken refuge in Syria. Multimedia journalist Charity Tooze reports on a family of Iraqi refugees struggling to survive in Syria, where they have no legal right to work.
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February 11, 2010
Iraqi refugee family struggles to earn livelihood in Syria
October 21, 2009
South Korea struggles to provide for more North Koreans
South Korea’s Unification Ministry has requested funds to beef up its resettlement facilities for defectors from the North -- as the number of refugees arriving from its destitute neighbor keeps climbing. A Worldfocus contributing blogger discusses the chronic unemployment among 16,000 North Koreans now living in the South.
August 25, 2009
Q&A: Detainee tells of squalor, beatings in Malaysian camp
Worldfocus speaks with "David," a Burmese refugee who was recently released from a Malaysian detention camp. The camps are severely overcrowded, and conditions are reportedly wretched, with limited or no access to clean water, medical treatment and food.
July 15, 2009
Stateless for my first ten years
Ahmed Moor is a 25-year-old American citizen who was born and raised in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. He writes about being born "stateless."







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