Rabat - Hollywood superstar, Angelina Jolie, visited a Syrian refugee camp in southeastern Turkey on Saturday and reportedly joined the refugees for “Iftar”, a meal served to break the fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
Accompanied by the High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, the UN Goodwill Ambassador visited the refugee camp on the occasion of the World Refugee Day.
The actress called on world leaders to take actions to end the suffering of the millions of people who fled the war and sectarian conflicts tearing up their country.
"I plead to the international community and leaders of the world to recognize what this moment in mass human displacement means. This is not just another day," Jolie quoted by AFP as saying.
After meeting wih Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Jolie head to the refugee camps in Mardin and heard the sad stories of people who fled their home country.
"We are here for a simple reason: this region is at the epicenter of a global crisis," she said.
"We should call this what it is: not just a 'refugee crisis,' but a crisis of global security and governance, that is manifesting itself in the worst refugee crisis ever recorded - and a time of mass displacement," she added.
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