People in the News, 2nd prize
Erik Refner
Berlingske Tidende
Berlingske Tidende
05 June, 2001
In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.
Erik Refner
Erik Refner (Copenhagen, Denmark 1971) is a staff photographer at the Danish newspaper Berlingske. Before his film and still photo career, Refner was a sergeant in the Danish arm...
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