Ex-refugee and former Iraqi president takes over UN's refugee agency
Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya on his first official trip. About 300,000 people from across the region live there after having been uprooted from their homelands by conflict or climate crises. FRANCE 24's Bastien Renouil spoke to Salih during his trip.
Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya on his first official trip. About 300,000 people from across the region live there after having been uprooted from their homelands by conflict or climate crises. FRANCE 24's Bastien Renouil spoke to Salih during his trip.
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