HIST 101 Lecture 1: (Revision) The Psychology of Syrian Refugees
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The psychology of syrian refugees in turkey and middle east. A rocket landed on the roof of our house, but no one was injured. We were so terrified we didn"t even think about taking anything with us. We left with no ids, nothing. (austen, 4) this personal experience is from one of the syrian refugees" diary, anecdotes like this inspired me to research about refugees and what they are going through. Since the outbreak of the crisis in march. 2011, almost half the syrian population has been forced to leave their home country. (bircan: this is more than 12 million people homeless living in more than 7 different countries like. Turkey, lebanon, jordan, iraq, israel, egypt ,and saudi arabia (sevinc). The violence they face at home and struggles they come across as refugees hurt them physically, mentally,and spiritually. Refugees suffer hard conditions throughout their journey to new countries.