One refugee reported that a militia member had stated, "We kill all blacks and even kill our cattle when they have black calves".
A refugee reported to a caseworker that her brother, a child under18, had "self-harmed by burning his arms with cigarettes and cutting his wrist with a knife".
Look Beyond Borders: 4-Minute Experiment – Amnesty Poland While much of refugee reporting is dominated by statistics and numbers, this video shows a refreshing human side to the crisis.
At the end of 2015, 65.3 million people were living displaced after fleeing persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations, according to a United Nations refugee report released this week.
This compares to Syrian refugee reported prevalence estimates in this study of 10.7 % for hypertension and 7.1 % arthritis, which were the two most common NCDs reported.
Indeed, one refugee reported that his elderly father had suffered a stroke after several months of foregoing medications for diabetes and hypertension and that he feared another stroke might occur as the cost of medications remained out of reach.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees reports that 50% of the minors it interviewed "reported experiencing violence or having received threats from gangs, drug cartels, or state actors, such as the police".
The filmmakers plan on giving the aid organizations a portion of the film's profits to dedicate to their work helping Syrian refugees, reports NPR.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees reports that Boko Haram has been responsible for close to 6,000 more deaths since April 2014, when the Chibok girls were taken.
Some refugees reported witnessing executions of people accused of cannibalism.
