Series 2

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Places

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Mogadishu

As a result of ongoing conflict, many of Mogadishu’s ministry buildings, universities, schools and colleges have become refugee camps.

Kabul

Thousands of Afghanistan's 800,000 internally displaced people have fled to Kabul, living in refugee camps and urban slums.

Christmas Island

Over 7000 asylum seekers have been processed on Christmas Island over the last four years.

Iraq

Iraqis make up the 2nd largest refugee population in the world with an estimated 2 million people having fled the country since 2003.

The Democratic Republic of Congo

An unstable nation since 1960, The DRC has over 1.7 million internally displaced people and 400,000 instances of rape per year.

Kakuma Refugee Camp

Swahili for "nowhere”, Kakuma Refugee Camp in far north-west Kenya has a population of over 84,000 refugees.

Jordan

For the majority of Jordan’s 450,000 Iraqi refugees, resettlement in a country like Australia is their only viable long-term solution.

Malaysia

Malaysia is home to one of the largest urban refugee populations in the world.

Australia

Under international law, Australia is obliged to ensure a person found to be a refugee is not unwillingly sent back to their country of origin.

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