NEWS

Syrian refugees have become a worldwide problem. The images shown daily on the television news show a very harsh reality on the Greek border. This issue causes me much grief and for this reason I wanted to choose a story about this.

The children who just want to go home

The war in Syria has claimed not only fatalities but victims alive with physical and psychological effects. Most of these are children. The writer talks about her meeting with Ibrahim, a Syrian child aged 12 who lives in an abandoned building in Jordania.

The children his leg in an aerial bombardment. He was the one who was luckier: his mother, two sisters and three brothers, also his uncle and three cousins died. He explained to the writer that he and his father were witting to go to Canada for asylum, but what he wanted was to return home and be a war reporter, because the outside world does not know what was happening in his country. 

Syrian adults fleeing from the war of their country but kids always want to go home. Rouaa, a five-year-old child, said that she will go home the following day if she could. Rouaa's little brother was briefly in hospital. Their home now is a refugee’s camp on Mount Lebanon. Her parents and five children lives one small tent. 

The writer also met a young boy who lost both legs, an eye and one of his hands in a landmine explosion. The following day he had prosthetic legs fitted and he did not stop to walk during the day.

Another victim of war was Mustafa, who also had to learn to walk again after a barrel bomb hit his family house on the outskirts of Aleppo. Both of his parents were killed and he spent a year in hospital. He had the hip damaged and he needs a replacement of it. But, unfortunately, Medecins Sans Frontieres have not the necessary resources to do that. When he arrived at the hospital, he couldn't stand, he was malnourished and so traumatised he couldn't eat. He'd scream whenever he saw anyone in a white coat. He left on his own two feet, a different boy. After a year, he was recovered but not entirely of his broken hip and he demonstrated his courage i strength with only 5 years old.

Vocabulary

• Fleeing
• Hip
• Fatalities

Personal Opinion

I find it shameful that the EU can remedy this major problem and stay out just because these people are not part of Europe. If Human Rights exist to preserve the dignity and welfare of any human, then if they ignore the Syrians is because the EU does not consider them as such. It is disgusting the selfish behaviour that shows both EU and other powers by failing to cooperate in this major global problem.