refugees and migrants - syria

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

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