Iraqi minorities fleeing from militant attacks

Representatives of Iraqi minorities fleeing from militant attacks LIH (August 2014)

A selection of pictures of photographers of different news agencies

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A father with his children on a donkey moves toward the border in the direction of the Syrian city of Elierbeh

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Chaos that has emerged now in Iraq as a result of activation of the militants, "the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (LIH), led to the emergence in the north of the country a large number of civilian refugees. Primarily from among the representatives of various minorities - Kurds and Christians, many of whom in their quest to avoid hanging over them deadly threat rushed toward the Iraq-Syrian border in the hope of finding refuge in areas controlled by Kurdish militias.

World Refugee Day 2014

วันผู้อพยพโลก 2014

SOURCE   :    http://www.bigpicture.ru

June 20 is World Refugee Day, an opportunity to draw attention to those who have been displaced around the globe. This is a collection of photos documenting a small percentage of the people who have been driven from their home. --Leanne Burden Seidel 

A women and a girl wash at a tap at a temporary displacement camp set up next to a Kurdish checkpoint on June 13 in Kalak, Iraq. Thousands of people have fled Iraq's second city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP (internally displaced persons) camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)