The importance of educating people on refugees

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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Yusra Mardini emphasizes the importance of educating people, especially young children, about what it means to be a refugee.   Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel.

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00:00I think the education about who is a refugee, why are they refugees, where are they coming from is, there is a lack around the world.

00:09I think we need to educate our children who are refugees, why do they leave their homes.

00:15I mean, so many Syrian refugees are already returning home, right?

00:19And the reason they left is because they lost their homes, they lost their parents.

00:24It wasn't safe enough for them.

00:26They were thinking about their future.

00:28So, for me, it's really important to educate people about what a refugee is.

00:34I did not turn into a swimmer when I arrived in Germany, right?

00:37I had the dream since I was in Syria, I was a swimmer.

00:40The doctors that left Syria, you know, forcefully because of the conflict, because of everything that happened,

00:46they arrived in Germany and continued doing what they love, which is, you know, being a doctor.

00:51So, for me, I never judge, and I never want to judge someone that's judging refugees.

00:58I want to be someone that can explain that to them and say, hey, let's have a conversation.

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