10 years later, the Arab Spring exiles in France - report
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Marwan, 48, and Amal, 47, parents of five children (aged 4 to 22) "resettled" in Bicheim in the suburbs of Strasbourg for 2 and a half years.
Before they were refugees in Lebanon, they were resettled under a European resettlement program.
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By: Charlie Dupiot Follow |
Emmanuelle Bastide
50 mins
Ten years ago, on March 15, 2011, a demonstration in Damascus marked the start of the uprising against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
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After Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, it is Syria's turn to experience its Arab Spring, but without political alternation.
Since then, 400,000 Syrians have been killed and 5 million have had to go into exile, mainly in neighboring countries, but also, more rarely, in Europe.
Traumatic memories, feelings of guilt, social downgrading, disillusionment… How do these exiled people feel in France?
Tired of testifying, some do not want to go back over the horror they have experienced.
Others, while learning French, are afraid of losing their language.
What to do with the lost and frustrated hope when many do not plan to return to their country which is now devastated, and where 60% of the population is food insecure?
In this report, we give the floor to Syrian refugees of several generations, but also of Tunisian and Egyptian exiles who live in France.
Report on Paris and Strasbourg by
Charlie Dupiot.
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