Tuesday, February 27, 2007

NPR broadcast from Ruwaishid.

NPR broadcasts from Ruwaishid camp in Jordan. One Palestinian interviewed said "We've started to get really bored here. There are people here who have stopped leaving their tents out of boredom. They're mentally tired of being here. Even a prisoner knows how long his sentence will be." UNHCR representative Robert Breen said: "Four years in the desert in this location is more than anybody should have to endure. I thinks it's affected both their physical health, their psychological health, the education of their children, the ability to be able to function in any society. The longer they stay there, the more disadvantaged and dysfunctional they become."