Desperate Syrian refugees return home

Desperate Syrian refugees are taking risky trips home because living in camps in neighbouring countries has become unbearable.

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An aid group says desperate Syrian refugees are taking risky trips home because living in camps in neighbouring countries has become unbearable.

Medecins Sans Frontieres says hosting about two-million Syrians in Jordan and Lebanon is putting intense pressure on local infrastructure, with access to drinking water one serious issue.

And MSF Australian executive director, Paul McPhun, told Marina Freri says many of the refugees think they would be better off back in Syria, despite ongoing fighting.

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