Many women fleeing the war in Iraq have been forced into prostitution.
Maybe they are fleeing civil war, or their government cannot offer them adequate protection.
She had claimed to be fleeing the war in Somalia.
More Iraqi refugees have come, fleeing the continued war in their country since 2003.
The temples there will house and feed those who flee the war.
On the contrary, Europe must be open to those who are prepared to risk everything to flee war, poverty and sometimes death.
"They are fleeing the war to places where they can live in safety."
They fled the civil war there a year ago.
The book describes a white family fleeing civil war with the help of their black servant, July, who takes them to his village.
At the end of the book, she returns to America, having fled the war in Europe.