Academy-Award winning actress and a long time UN refugee agency’s goodwill ambassador, Angelina Jolie arrived in Turkey to visit the Syrian refugees.  The UN office said her interest in “humanitarian affairs were piqued in 2000 when she went to Cambodia to film the adventure film ‘Tomb Raider.”

She led special attention to the miseries faced by those people who left the hardship faced Syria, in this high-profile visit. More than 9600 Syrians have left their country, seeking shelter in Turkey due to violence in the Jisr al-Shugur area. Refugees have been housed in warehouses at an old tobacco factory where they frequently take part in demonstrations against their government, holding up placards saying, “Our military is killing its own people, please make it stop,” and asking the UN for help, saying, “UN, help us please.”

Jolie arrived at the Hatay airport and was warmly greeted by the officials there.  She is scheduled to visit the Altinozu refugee camp in the next few hours, and, “toys unloaded from the plane were loaded to one of the vans in her convoy,” the agency reported.

Since Angelina Jolie is popular among most of the people, this visit of her in good gestures will definitely play a part in boosting the morale of the people and assuring them that the UN, and the rest of the world is there to support them.