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Iraqi Refugees in Syria Watch U.S. Security Negotiations (news.newamericamedia.org)
Iraqi refugees in Damascus watch developments in their country and in Washington with a mixture of hope and skepticism. NAM's correspondent reports.
Submitted 13 days ago by Rupa | 0 Comments |
Tal Afar Mayor and U.S. Ally Forced to Flee Iraq (news.yahoo.com)
Two years ago, President Bush hailed Najim al Jabouri as a symbol of success. Last month, Jabouri quietly left Tal Afar, where he was the police chief and the mayor, collected his wife and four... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |
Destitute Iraqis Forced to Return Home From Syria (therealnews.com)
Most Iraqis were unable to find jobs to support their lives in Syria, due to the difficult economic situation that Syria is experiencing. Now many are returning simply because they could not afford to... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |
UNHCR: Iraqis Still Account for Highest Number of Asylum Claims in the World (www.unhcr.org)
According to the asylum trends report, the number of claims made by Iraqis (19,500) during the first six months of 2008, was higher than the combined number of asylum claims submitted by citizens of... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |
Survival Sex
(www.msmagazine.com)
Sajida can't talk openly about what war and displacement have forced her to do. She banters with male customers at the café where she works in Damascus, Syria. But the men want more from this... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on Immigration | 0 Comments |
66,000 people displaced by army abuses in Burma (www.thestandard.com.hk)
Burma Border Consortium or TBBC, which provides aid to hundreds of thousands of refugees who flee Burma, said in a new report that the junta's actions could constitute crimes against humanity.
Submitted about 1 month ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |
Burmese increasingly forced to seek greener pastures abroad (www.mizzima.com)
Submitted about 1 month ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |
Iraqis Are Being Attacked and Killed For Returning to Their Homes (www.mcclatchydc.com)
Sectarian cleansing has helped to reduce the violence in Iraq to a four-year low, but the small number of returnees who've been targeted so far could be a warning that the violence could return, too.
Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick on Iraq | 0 Comments |
U.N.: 20,000 flee from Pakistan to Afghanistan to avoid fighting (www.usatoday.com)
Fighting between Pakistani troops and militants in a tribal region has forced some 20,000 Pakistanis to seek refuge across the border in eastern Afghanistan, the U.N.'s refugee agency said Monday.
Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Iraq's Forgotten Refugees
(www.progressive.org)
When I walked into Samia Kouzah’s dingy two-room flat in Zarqa, Jordan, I almost didn’t recognize her daughter as human. Rahma, age twenty months, has a severely deformed skull, shaped like a... More
Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on Immigration | 0 Comments |
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