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Humanitarian aid workers need security, rights and better pay

Written by Lauren Carruth, Associate Professor of International Service, American University School of International Service

International Committee of the Red Cross workers prepare bags with bodies of government soldiers to be handed over in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, in 2015.AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov

Professional humanitarian aid workers in war-torn places like Ukraine, Ethiopia, Syria and South Sudan do some of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

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