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Tara Bertrim and Refugee Camp

: Until you see what appears to be two people drowning after having fallen overboard from a crowded boat, according to CTV. These are the drawings of the children living in a refugee camp, where 17-year-old Tara Bertrim recently spent two weeks volunteering. There are carefully sketched flowers, trees on a summery hillside, groups of smiling people -- it seems like everything a normal six-year-old might see in their daily lives. Having people fall out and drown in front of them -- what effect does that have on a kid said Bertrim. Bertrim travelled to the Greek island of Lesbos, which has become a landing site for thousands of Syrians escaping conflict by boat. It insane. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.