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Epilogue (5)
193 Mass refugees
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War or civil war creates many casualties of innocent
citizens. They are not only death or injuries in the battle, but also refugees
who lose their home and escaped to foreign countries.
After the World War II, the first refugees appeared in
the Middle East during 1948 Arab-Israeli War, so called Israeli Independence
War. They were called Palestinian refugees. They escaped to the Palestinian
Autonomous Region in Israel or refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. The number
of Palestinian refugees registered in the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) reached 4.5 million. There were 12 refugee camps in Lebanon
and 450,000 people had to live in a poor living condition.
In addition to the Palestinian refugees, new refugees
were born in Syria. Triggered by "Arab Spring" in 2011, government
troops and anti-government forces confronted in Syria. Furthermore, extremist of
Islamic fundamentalism declared the independence of Islamic State (IS). The
number of Syrian refugees was much larger than Palestine refugees. Mass refugees
was borne in conflict zones across Syria and Iraq. The word "mass refugees"
sounds ridiculous and might hurt the dignity of humankind. But there is no
proper word except “mass refugees”.
(To be continued
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(From an ordinary citizen in the
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