Blog → April 17, 2018
Refugee Myths

Written by Megan Carson
‘All Refugees Want to go Home Someday’ - UNHCR spokesperson and author Melissa Fleming
“All refugees want to go home someday. Some of them may never go home and live there again… they were forced to flee. It’s one of the worst things that can happen to you, everything that you treasure and it’s not just things, it’s community, it’s friends, it’s atmosphere, it’s the type of food, it’s memories, it’s all been forcibly left behind.”
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