UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Yusra Mardini emphasizes the importance of educating people, especially young children, about what it means to be a refugee.
Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00I think the education about who is a refugee, why are they refugees, where are they coming from is, there is a lack around the world.
00:09I think we need to educate our children who are refugees, why do they leave their homes.
00:15I mean, so many Syrian refugees are already returning home, right?
00:19And the reason they left is because they lost their homes, they lost their parents.
00:24It wasn't safe enough for them.
00:26They were thinking about their future.
00:28So, for me, it's really important to educate people about what a refugee is.
00:34I did not turn into a swimmer when I arrived in Germany, right?
00:37I had the dream since I was in Syria, I was a swimmer.
00:40The doctors that left Syria, you know, forcefully because of the conflict, because of everything that happened,
00:46they arrived in Germany and continued doing what they love, which is, you know, being a doctor.
00:51So, for me, I never judge, and I never want to judge someone that's judging refugees.
00:58I want to be someone that can explain that to them and say, hey, let's have a conversation.