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Refugees at Iraq-Jordan border receive urgent aid
11 Feb 2005 A group of 102 Iranian Kurd refugees from Iraq's Al Tash camp who have been stranded at the Iraq-Jordan border for weeks today received food and relief supplies from the UN refugee agency through the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation. -
Iranian Kurd refugees - different destinies and destinations
26 Nov 2004 The UN refugee agency has expressed great concern over the fate of nearly 4,200 Iranian Kurd refugees from Iraq's Al Tash camp after recent fighting sent some of them fleeing and cut off access to those who remain. Meanwhile, a separate group has been relocated from Jordan to Sweden. -
Feature: Hope and sorrow in Jordan's no man's land
25 Oct 2004 A group of 384 Iranian Kurds are preparing for a new life in Sweden after spending a year and a half in the no man's land between Iraq and Jordan. However, more than 600 others are still stuck in the desolate border region awaiting resettlement or other solutions to their plight. -
Feature: It's no boy's life in no man's land
8 Jul 2004 Massoud, a young Iranian Kurd, was frustrated after being stuck for more than a year in a desert camp between Jordan and Iraq. Eager to improve his family's life in the desolate border area, he tried to peddle goods along the highway and was killed by a truck. -
Palestinians leave desert camp for Baghdad
26 May 2004 After a year encamped in eastern Jordan's desert, some Palestinian refugees have gone back to Iraq rather than face the uncertainty and harsh conditions of life in a makeshift refugee camp. -
Creating art in arid no man's land
24 Mar 2004 Stranded in the desert on the Jordanian-Iraqi border, a group of exiles has been creating intense, even graphic paintings that mirror a quarter century of tragic disarray. But amid the strong colours, a picture of hope stands out. -
Jolie's Jordan journal gives voice to the displaced and desperate
15 Mar 2004 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has released her online journal of a mission she took to Ruweished camp in eastern Jordan. In it, she tells of the horror and hope faced by more than 500 people driven out of Iraq. -
Hundreds of lost souls still in no man's land
25 Feb 2004 More than 1,600 people who fled the war in Iraq last spring are still encamped in the desolate desert - facing an uncertain future and helpless against the harsh conditions. -
Women's union wins UNHCR award in Jordan
23 Dec 2003 In recognition of its tireless work with refugee women and children in Jordan, the Jordanian Women's Union was recently presented with UNHCR's 2003 Award for the Promotion of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Refugee Women.