Monday, January 26, 2015

Angelina Jolie-Pitt in Iraq refugee camp

Surprise visit from a star: American actress and UNHCR ambassador Angelina Jolie visited a camp for displaced Iraqis in Khanke, a few miles from the Turkish border in Iraq's Dohuk province today. She urged world leaders to do more for the region

Mrs Jolie-Pitt in Iraq bringing the plights of refugee to light.  She was greatly concerned for the misplaced resulting from Syria and Iraq war.  Speaking on Sunday in Iraq, she called on world leaders to do more to these refugees.




"Angelina said: 'Since I was last here in Iraq, another two million people have been forced from their homes. Mostly in the last six months – this time Iraqi citizens.' 
'Too many innocent people are paying the price of the conflict in Syria and spread of extremism. The international community has to step up and do more.
'It is not enough to defend our values at home. We have to defend them here, in the camps and in the informal settlements across the Middle East, and in the ruined towns of Iraq and Syria. We are being tested here, as an international community, and so far – for all the immense efforts and good intentions – we are failing,' she said at a press conference at the Khanke Camp for Internally Displaced People (IDPs)." (Source - Daily Mail)

Packed in: The camp she visited is currently home to tens of thousands of Yazidis and other refugees who have been forced to abandon their homes in Mosul since the invasion of the Islamic State extremists 

Reaching out: Angelina called on westerners to defend their values in the Middle East as well as at home 

Angelina also visited the Kurdistan region of Iraq  in 2012, when she visited another refugee camp in Erbil 

Refugee camps: Angelina, 39, met with families living in makeshift homes, took a tour of the nearby area and gave a speech to the hundreds of refugees and politicians who had gathered to catch a glimpse of the star



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