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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i Paper &#38; The Independent (7th March 2016) The young mother told me her horror story as we sat drinking tea near the Syrian border. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th December, 2015) The huge Azraq refugee camp appears over the horizon like an alien version of a music festival. Thousands of white metal [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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