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Ayudemos a los refugiados a prosperar, no solo a sobrevivir

1,461,832 views | Melissa Fleming • TEDGlobal 2014

50 millones de personas en el mundo hoy en día han sido expulsados, por la fuerza, de sus casas; son cifras nunca vistas desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En este momento, más de 3 millones de refugiados sirios buscan asilo en los países vecinos. En el Líbano, la mitad de estos refugiados son niños; solo el 20 % está escolarizado. Melissa Fleming de la agencia de refugiados de la ONU hace un llamamiento para que los campos de refugiados sean lugares de curación donde la gente puede desarrollar las habilidades que necesita para reconstruir su patria.

50 millones de personas en el mundo hoy en día han sido expulsados, por la fuerza, de sus casas; son cifras nunca vistas desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En este momento, más de 3 millones de refugiados sirios buscan asilo en los países vecinos. En el Líbano, la mitad de estos refugiados son niños; solo el 20 % está escolarizado. Melissa Fleming de la agencia de refugiados de la ONU hace un llamamiento para que los campos de refugiados sean lugares de curación donde la gente puede desarrollar las habilidades que necesita para reconstruir su patria.

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