Iraqi Refugees

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 1 day ago
AP - Thousands of Iraqi Refugees have arrived in the United States as part of a nationwide resettlement program to bring 12,000 Iraqis to the United States by the end of next month, officials said. ...

Source: au.rd.yahoo.com --- 10 days ago
AMMAN (AFP) - It has been more than two years since Ali Salah arrived in Jordan, one refugee among hundreds of thousands who have fled the violence in Iraq . ...

Source: www.boston.com --- 9 days ago
Several hundred Iraqi Refugees flew home from Egypt on Monday on the Iraqi prime minister's plane, the first government-organized flight aimed at accelerating the return of Iraqis now that violence has waned. ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 15 days ago
Amman, August 5, 2008 -- The journey to Jordan is long and arduous enough when you set out from the United States: traveling robs you of an entire day, and you forgo the creature comforts of life during 12 hours spent on a plane. But it would be exponentially longer and infinitely more perilous if you were to set out to cover the much shorter distance from neighboring Iraq, fleeing a devastating war and leaving behind a lifetime that has been stolen from you by violence. I'm on the first day of a rapid-fire visit to Jordan, the kingdom in the Middle East which has provided a safe haven for an estimated 750,000 Refugees from Iraq who have traveled the shorter but more dangerous route to get here. I'm traveling with a small delegation from the newly founded Iraq Veterans' Refugee Aid Association (IVRAA) -- co-founders of the organization, Luis Montalvan, a former US Army captain, and former US Marine captain Tyler Boudreau, plus photographer Paul Park -- on a mission to try to assess the situation faced by Iraqi Refugees, and the burden that hosting those Refugees has placed on the Hashemite kingdom. We also hope to work out what, if anything, we can do to help provide relief to either or both. That may seem a tall order for three or four people, but in the first 12 hours of the trip we've achieved far more than any of us would probably have dared to imagine six weeks ago when IVRAA germinated. Tuesday was our first full day in Jord ...

Source: www.christianpost.com --- 1 day ago
Thousands of Iraqi Refugees have arrived in the United States as part of a nationwide resettlement program to bring 12,000 Iraqis to the United States by the end of next month, officials said. ...

Source: www.npr.org --- 19 days ago
Nearly 5 million Iraqi Refugees have left their country, some heading to nearby Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. A new report from the International Crisis Group, a nonpartisan research organization, says countries that are occupying Iraq, including the United States, must do more for the Refugees. ...

Source: www.startribune.com --- 9 days ago
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Source: www.un.org --- 19 days ago
Dozens of Iraqi refugee women living in Syria are learning how to build their self-confidence, develop relaxation techniques and hone their communication skills thanks to innovative workshops organized by the United Nations refugee agency and the group Clowns Without Borders. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 15 days ago
Carnegie Aug 5 2008 5:16AM GMT ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com --- 22 hours ago
Thousands of Iraqi Refugees have arrived in the U.S. as part of a nationwide resettlement program to bring 12,000 Iraqis to the country by the end of next month, officials said. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 8 days ago
Panapress.com Aug 12 2008 4:44PM GMT ...

Source: blip.tv --- 15 days ago
Damascus, Syria - The situation in Iraq forced many Iraqis to flee to nearby countries such as Syria and Jordan. Many of them fled between the years 2003 and late 2007. When a family flees to one of the nearby countries, often part of the family will remain in Iraq to provide money and financial support. Many families send the father or a brother back to Iraq to help them collect money and support their life in Damascus or Amman. The reason behind that is Iraqis are not allowed to work in those countries, the only visa the are permitted to apply for is the tourist visa, and if you will look at the visa stamp which says “Not allowed to work.” Unfortunately, some fathers and brothers returned to Iraq and they never came back, either killed or kidnapped or detained somewhere, families were forced to return to Iraq because they cannot afford living in Syria or Jordan any more, and some remained rather than returning to the potential dangers in Iraq. Some families were lucky and found a job “under the table” that helped them to remain in their new country and to afford living in the lowest life standards. Others were forced to take difficult or unappealing jobs that do not cover all their expenses. Iraqis without sponsors were forced to do work that no human would wish to do, such a working in drug trafficking or prostitution. Some of the sex workers are under the age of 16, those sex workers are afraid of being hunted down by their families ...

Source: news.sawf.org --- 10 days ago
It has been more than two years since Ali Salah arrived in Jordan, one refugee among hundreds of thousands who have fled the violence in Iraq. ...

Source: www.amny.com --- 1 day ago
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) _ Thousands of Iraqi Refugees have arrived in the United States as part of a nationwide resettlement program to bring 12,000 Iraqis to the United States by the end of next month, officials said. ...

Source: www.alsumaria.tv --- 6 days ago
The United States is planning to meet its goal of taking in 12,000 Iraqi Refugees by the end of next month. However, 12,000 people represent a small fraction out of five million Refugees. In 2007, only 134 Iraqis have been granted permission to settle in the US. While the door opened slightly this ... ...

Source: www.france24.com --- 2 days ago
The Iraqi government is making its jets available free of charge to bring Refugees back to Iraq from Egypt. In the second such airlift on Sunday, some 200 Iraqis took up on the offer. ...

Source: www.wafb.com --- 19 days ago
Associated Press - August 2, 2008 12:33 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. took in more Iraqi Refugees than ever last month. The State Department says more than 2,300 were admitted in... ...

Source: www.alsumaria.tv --- 2 days ago
Tens of Iraqi families crowded outside a Cairo airport terminal hours before the second free flight due back home from Egypt organized by the Iraqi Government. The flight was the second airlift after the first one on August 11 as part of a new scheme by Iraq’s Government seeking to encourage ... ...