An Iraqi refugee who escaped a bomb attack on his home died after suffering multiple strokes during a fruitless nine-year wait for resettlement by the UN.
His grieving widow told openDemocracy from Turkey this week that she believes the anxiety caused by the family’s decade in limbo contributed to his death.
openDemocracy revealed last week how a toddler died, and his sister became seriously ill, while waiting desperately to be resettled by the UN’s refugee agency, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
