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Turkish Refugee Camp

Why These Children Fell into Endless Sleep

I had barely stepped foot over the threshold and I already felt claustrophobic. I wanted to turn back. People shuffled into the room in front of me, while somebody else stood directly behind me, a little too close. It felt hard to escape. I could see Nola lying in a…
bubmag
September 22, 2021
Turkish Refugee Camp

How COVID-19 has changed refugee organizations

Life in Malawi's biggest refugee camp has been turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. But not every change has been for the worse. Innocent Magambi calls himself a refugee for life. Born in a refugee camp in Congo, he grew up in four more camps in as many different…
bubmag
June 20, 2020
Turkish Refugee Camp

Eight Villages Evacuated as Turkey Attacks PKK Kurds in Iraq

Eight villages near the border of Iraq’s Kurdistan region have been emptied as residents flee a Turkish military offensive called “Operation Claw-Tiger” directed at positions allegedly held by the PKK, the Kurdish separatist party that has long been engaged in hostilities with the Turkish government. Kurdish news service Rudaw reported…
bubmag
June 19, 2020
Turkish Refugee Camp

Turkey Bombs Yazidi Stronghold in Iraq Following Libya Victory

The government of Turkey announced Operation Claw-Eagle on Monday, a bombing campaign against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. The PKK, a U.S.-designated Marxist terrorist organization, established itself in the northern Sinjar region of Iraq largely in response to the 2014 attempt by the Islamic State to commit genocide…
bubmag
June 15, 2020