Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
For over 100,000 urban refugees, every day presents a struggle to survive, says the IRC's Sarah Case. Yet despite their tremendous need, Syrian refugees in Iraq are at the bottom of the list for support.
"We call those who don’t live in a camp 'urban refugees.' They’re hidden in plain sight in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. The Syrian urban refugee population totals more than 1 million men, women and children, and in contrast to refugees in camps, they are desperately struggling to get aid."