Friday, 23 September 2016

Do Refugees Try to Leave Camps, if so is it a Crime?
Blogged by: Andrea
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With 4.7 million Syrian refugees in neighboring countries, such as Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan etc. and 13.5 million people still in need of help in Syria (since of August 18 2016), so no wonder camps can be very crowded. With all the people cramped out in small locations, it can be overwhelming. Imagine being in a dirty portable full of people and you have to live there for months on end till you can maybe get a relocation to another country that will open their arms up to you.
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However, the reason some refugees might not leave the camps is due to harassment outside from the country's own citizens. The question now is if they leave the camps set up for them, will they get in trouble?

On May 10, four Syrian refugees were so desperate to leave Greece that they attempted to swim (26km) to Turkey. Volunteers from “Drops in the ocean” spotted the refugees and sent speedboats to get them and bring them back to Greece. There were no further reports on whether the refugees who left camp got in trouble.

The United Nations seem to give relax input to the situation by saying if you have the money to go out in survive then do it, however most Syrian refugees have little to nothing but the clothes on their back and don’t have jobs to work. As a result, yes there are some refugees trying to leave their camps but no I don't believe it is a crime unless the government of the country does not want the refugee and have problems with claiming refugee status there.
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