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Queen Noor joins UNHCR training for outreach volunteers in Jordan
11 Oct 2007 Jordan's Queen Noor on Thursday joined Jordanian and Iraqi volunteers taking part in a UNHCR-run course focusing on the refugee agency's "Back to School" campaign for Iraqi refugees. -
Iraqis and Jordanians break bread together during Ramadan
4 Oct 2007 UNHCR has been distributing evening meals during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan to 800 Iraqi refugees and needy Jordanians in the capital Amman and the city of Zarqa. -
Hope for Iraqis as their children register for Jordan's public schools
21 Aug 2007 Nine-year-old Hassan will soon be going back to school for the first time since arriving in Jordan three years ago. On Tuesday, the nine-year-old held his mother's hand and waited anxiously in line to register his name for entry to a public school. Tens of thousands of other Iraqis are expected to follow suit. -
UNHCR hails decision to let Iraqi children attend school in Jordan
20 Aug 2007 The UN refugee agency has welcomed and praised the Jordanian government's decision to allow tens of thousands of Iraqi children to enrol in local schools. Some 50,000 children are expected to register for schools by September 15. -
Q&A: Iraqi victim of domestic abuse seeks a new life in Sweden
6 Jul 2007 Mrs Hussein has been living in Jordan for the past seven years after fleeing Baghdad with her family. She has since suffered a lot and divorced her husband after he started abusing her. The mother of six recently told her story to UNHCR Senior Global Regional Public Information Officer Abeer Etefa. -
Iraqis struggle to get by as Jordan tries to cope with influx
22 Jan 2007 Up to 700,000 Iraqis have sought sanctuary in neighbouring Jordan and more are expected to follow. Jordan is finding it difficult to cope with the influx, while some of the Iraqis fear they will be repatriated and try to keep a low profile. -
UNHCR launches airlift to help Lebanese, shipments also under way
10 Aug 2006 A UNHCR airlift to deliver tonnes of urgently needed relief supplies to Lebanon got under way Thursday with one flight arriving in Beirut from Jordan and a DC-8 scheduled to depart Copenhagen for Larnaca, Cyprus later in the day. Two UNHCR-chartered Airbus 310 flights from Jordan are also expected in Larnaca over the next four days. -
Reuniting refugee families at Ruweished camp
1 Jun 2005 The desert camp in eastern Jordan was the scene of emotional reunions when 743 people arrived from the no man's land between Jordan and Iraq. Several Palestinian families were deep in embrace after spending two years apart. -
UNHCR welcomes breakthrough for Iraq's refugees
31 May 2005 The UN refugee agency has welcomed a series of recent breakthroughs in Iraq and Jordan which will improve the safety and living conditions of thousands of refugees who were living in Iraq at the time of the 2003 war.