Salih, who fled Saddam Hussein's regime, campaigned for job on basis that he knows what it is like to be a refugee.

GENEVA: Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president who fled persecution under Saddam Hussein, has been appointed the next UN High Commissioner for Refugees, breaking the tradition of…

Salih, who fled Saddam Hussein's regime, campaigned for job on basis that he knows what it is like to be a refugee.