‘Lack of options’ force 4 million to flee from one conflict to another: report
For Ahmad al-Rashid, fleeing from his home in Aleppo, northern Syria, to Iraq in 2013 was the safest choice he had. But after two years as an aid worker there, and watching the situation deteriorate, al-Rashid decided to leave for Britain. "[Iraq] itself was in a crisis, it got worse and worse. Syria and Iraq […]Lin Taylor writes for Reuters:
For Ahmad al-Rashid, fleeing from his home in Aleppo, northern Syria, to Iraq in 2013 was the safest choice he had.
But after two years as an aid worker there, and watching the situation deteriorate, al-Rashid decided to leave for Britain.
"[Iraq] itself was in a crisis, it got worse and worse. Syria and Iraq were the same - so being a refugee in Iraq was just like being in Aleppo," he said at a media briefing organized by aid group Oxfam UK.
