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UNHCR concerned about situation of Palestinians on Iraq border
18 Mar 2008 UNHCR is seeking urgent assistance for more than 2,700 Palestinians living on Iraq's border with Syria and facing an increasingly dire health situation. -
UNHCR chief discusses refugee crisis with Jordan's King Abdullah
12 Feb 2008 High Commissioner António Guterres thanks Jordan's King Abdullah II for his nation's hospitality toward hundreds of thousands of uprooted Iraqis. -
Baghdad Palestinians hope for passage through India
3 Jan 2008 Some 200 Palestinian refugees who fled Iraq in 2006 say they are struggling with an alien tongue and culture in India, and hope to find a solution elsewhere. -
UNHCR grants US$11 million to boost health services in Jordan
19 Nov 2007 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday pledged US$11 million to help Jordan provide improved medical services and facilities for the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees in the country. -
Conditions deteriorate for 2,000 Palestinians stuck at Iraq-Syria border
9 Nov 2007 The UN refugee agency warns that the situation for Palestinians trapped in camps at the Iraq-Syria border is becoming very precarious, with nearly 2,000 people facing deteriorating weather conditions. -
Jordan's Ruweished camp empty as last family leaves
5 Nov 2007 Jordan's Ruweished camp was empty after the last nine Palestinian refugees left the desert facility en route to a new life in Brazil. -
UNHCR helps Palestinians mark Eid in Baghdad
15 Oct 2007 The UN refugee agency was able to bring a little bit of light into the lives of a small group of Palestinian children and their families during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations that mark the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. -
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. -
UNHCR deeply concerned after fire in Iraq's Al Tanf desert camp
9 Oct 2007 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday expressed "deep concern" after Palestinian refugees were injured when a fire swept through a desert camp in the no-man's land between Iraq and Syria at the weekend.