Every year 1000s of people flee for their lives. They are people like YOU or me. You had no control over the situation into which you were born. You are fortunate enough to read that headline on a machine that costs more than many will earn this year. Others find themselves surrounded by war or repression, forced to leave their homes to seek shelter and safety elsewhere.
Web site is a sobering public service announcement.
How is a Refugee Made is the top section. It's a dehumanizing and disturbing heading, but purposeful. Every refugee has escaped violence or persecution. We see a political issue, or a hassle, or more foreigners coming to our country to take our jobs. In reality, we can't even conceive of the conditions that lead them to flee.