UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited Iraq today to visit some of the Iraqis who have displace because of the war. The United Nations High Coucil on Refugees says there are hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis.
Angelina spent a day in Baghdad, visiting a makeshift settlement for internally displaced people in the Chikook suburb of north-west Baghdad where she met four families displaced from the district of Abu Ghraib, located to the west of Baghdad, and from the western suburbs of the capital.
Angelina said, "This is a moment where things seem to be improving on the ground, but Iraqis need a lot of support and help to rebuild their lives."
Angelina listened to many families' stories. Families complained that the war has made educating their children impossible. They also cannot pay for needed medical treatments.
"They are right to feel that it is not fair," said Jolie, who told refugees she would return again to Iraq. "I want to come back and find you in a better place and in a different situation. We hope that UNHCR and the government will support you in getting a piece of land. You need help not because you are poor, but because you are the future of Iraq."
