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An Iraqi refugee holds his Iraqi passport whilst sat in his tent at the Choucha refugee camp on the Tunisian border. .As a Christian Iraqi, he was born in Basra, but lived in Baghdad before fleeing religious persecution 10 years ago. He passed through Jordan and Egypt before settling in Libya, where he lived in Tripoli for 10 years as an air condition technicain..Since the uprising in Libya, the Iraqi remained house bound for 12 days before paying a taxi driver 400 dinars to take him to the border. When asked about his future, he said, "I love children, animals, anything that is beautiful. I want to be somewhere with no violence.".Photo/UNHCR/Anna Branthwaite/March 2011
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Libya Crisis - Refugee Camp
An Iraqi refugee holds his Iraqi passport whilst sat in his tent at the Choucha refugee camp on the Tunisian border. .As a Christian Iraqi, he was born in Basra, but lived in Baghdad before fleeing religious persecution 10 years ago. He passed through Jordan and Egypt before settling in Libya, where he lived in Tripoli for 10 years as an air condition technicain..Since the uprising in Libya, the Iraqi remained house bound for 12 days before paying a taxi driver 400 dinars to take him to the border. When asked about his future, he said, "I love children, animals, anything that is beautiful. I want to be somewhere with no violence.".Photo/UNHCR/Anna Branthwaite/March 2011