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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. -
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. -
First group of 35 Palestinians leave Jordan for new life in Brazil
20 Sep 2007 Thirty-five elated Palestinians boarded a plane at Amman's international airport on Thursday and flew off to a new life in Brazil after years of hardship in an isolated desert camp in Jordan. -
UNHCR calls for seriously ill Palestinian children in Iraq to be medevaced
29 Jun 2007 The UN refugee agency has issued an urgent plea for the immediate evacuation of at least a dozen seriously ill Palestinians stuck in Baghdad or in a makeshift camp on the Iraqi border with Syria. -
Palestinians stuck on border with Syria in desperate need of help
26 Jun 2007 A UN refugee agency team has found that the situation of more than 1,400 Palestinians who have fled Baghdad and are stranded in camps on the Iraq-Syria border is deteriorating by the day. -
UNHCR concerned about conditions for Palestinians at border camp
15 May 2007 The UN refugee agency is highly concerned about living conditions for hundreds of Palestinians stuck at the Al Waleed refugee camp close to Iraq's border with Syria. The agency is particularly worried about lack of adequate medical facilities. -
Fire sweeps through Al Tanf camp, injures 28 Palestinian refugees
25 Apr 2007 A fire swept through the Al Tanf refugee camp in no-man's land between Syria and Iraq on Tuesday night, leaving 28 Palestinian refugees injured and seven tents destroyed. UNHCR says the camp is too dangerous and the increasingly desperate refugees need to be moved. -
UNHCR condemns deadly Iraqi raid on Palestinian area in Baghdad
16 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency said on Friday it was deeply disturbed by a raid conducted by the Iraqi security forces earlier this week in a Palestinian area of Baghdad that left at least one person dead.