Ethnic/Racial Persecution

Rosie Par

Wilmot Collins - Mayor of Helena, Montana

So the man started flogging me. See the scars? All over my body!

"Refugees have often known extreme hunger, sleeplessness, frostbite, sunstroke, ... various sicknesses and ailments that have gone untreated during long periods preceding their flight and during the journey itself..."

"Of the 71 million forcibly displaced people in the world, 41 million are displaced within their own countries..."

The first to see the magic - the last to lose hope

We only had enough to get this far, here in Greece. Now we’re stuck.

We decided to leave and sold everything we had; there is no way back.

We left Iran because we are Afghans.

My story is very sad.

I turn off the video … so they won’t feel sad.

I said, “God, I left my country because I don’t want to die and now people are dying in the desert.”

Wife, mother of three. Now a refugee seeking a better future for her family.