- Title: U.S. envoy to the U.N.visits refugee camp in Turkey
- Date: 25th May 2017
- Summary: ****WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PHOTOGRAPHER HALEY SPEAKING AT OPENING CEREMONY (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UNITED NATIONS, NIKKI HALEY, SAYING: "We've all seen the images coming out of Syria and we've all seen horrific trauma that so many Syrians have felt as they've gone through this conflict. (waits for Turkish translation). We will all continue to pray for peace for the people of Syria and hope for their speedy return back to their homes." GIRLS SITTING IN CLASSROOM VARIOUS OF HALEY SPEAKING TO CHILDREN HALEY HUGGING SYRIAN GIRL
- Embargoed: 8th June 2017 14:08
- Keywords: camp Syrian conflict refugees Nikki Haley U.N. envoy United States Turkey
- Location: ADANA / REYHANLI / BOYNUYOGUN / CILVEGOZU, TURKEY
- City: ADANA / REYHANLI / BOYNUYOGUN / CILVEGOZU, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA0036IC7Y2V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley paid a visit to refugee camps in Turkey on Wednesday (May 24).
Her visit was part of a two-day trip aimed at finding out how Syrian refugees were coping with their conditions at shelters.
It was the first overseas trip by Haley, a member of President Donald Trump's cabinet, and follows an effort by Trump to temporarily ban refugees from entering the United States and to cut funding to the United Nations and its agencies.
A crackdown by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on pro-democracy protesters in 2011 led to civil war and Islamic State militants used the chaos to seize territory in Syria and Iraq. Half of Syria's 22 million people have been uprooted and more than 400,000 killed. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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