Kurds fleeing Iraq

February 1992, Kurdistan, Sayeed Sadiq
Medical assistants dressing the wounds of a child in the MSF hospital.

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Kurdish Refugees fleeing Iraq - February 1992 - John Vink

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF47152

Date taken / Date Recorded 02/02/1992 12:00 AM

Country Iraq

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer John Vink

Copyright John Vink/MAPS

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Additional Information / Shotlist In just a couple of days, thousands of tents appeared on the mountain sides near the Turkish-Iraqi border. About 55000 Kurds were fleeing from Saddam Hussein's troops. For MSF this operation was one of it's biggest since the creation of the movement.

Population on the Move

Wound