Publication Date:
Tue, 2011-01-25 01:00
Antonio Guterres, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees,
says the agency hopes to resettle a last group of about 200 Palestinian
refugees from a camp in the very near future, closing what he called a
"tragic chapter."
He also said Monday the Iraqi government has promised
to protect around 10,000 Palestinians remaining in the country as well
as Turkish Kurds and other foreign refugees in the country.Palestinians
in Iraq became a target for persecution after Saddam Hussein's regime
fell in 2003 and were forced to flee to Syria. Thousands were refused
asylum and stranded on the border.
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