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Palestinians allowed into Syria after two months on the Iraq-Jordan border
9 May 2006 A total of 244 Palestinians who had been stranded for months on the Iraq-Jordan border are granted access to Syria. Another group of recent arrivals remains stranded at the Iraq-Syrian border. -
Syria to admit nearly 200 Palestinians stranded on the Iraq-Jordan border
25 Apr 2006 UNHCR has welcomed an announcement by the Syrian government to admit a group of 181 Palestinians who have been stuck on the Iraq-Jordan border since fleeing Baghdad in mid-March following death threats. The news, however, is encouraging more Palestinians, for whom there is no agreement to enter Syria, to flee to the border. -
Death threats cause panic in Baghdad's Palestinian refugee community
24 Mar 2006 Palestinian refugees in Baghdad are taking their children out of school and refusing to go to work after many members of their community received death threats accusing them of being traitors. -
New group of Palestinians stuck in no-man's land between Iraq and Syria
7 Oct 2005 Revealing that a group of 19 Palestinian refugees are stuck in no-man's land between Iraq and Syria, the UN refugee agency said on Friday it was very concerned about the safety of Palestinian refugees in Iraq, some of whom have been forced to leave the capital Baghdad as a result of increased harassment and intimidation. -
Child's death highlights refugees' plight on Iraq-Jordan border
15 Apr 2005 A recent fire that killed a three-year-old girl and left severe burns on two other Palestinian refugees has shed the spotlight once again on the hundreds of refugees who have been stranded around the Jordan-Iraq border for almost two years. -
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. -
UNHCR seeks solutions for Palestinians on Iraq-Jordan border
28 Nov 2003 The UN refugee agency has raised concerns about hundreds of refugees stuck in the border area between Iraq and Jordan who are ill-equipped to face the coming winter. -
UNHCR uses high tech gear to register Palestinians in Iraq
17 Jul 2003 UNHCR is using state-of-the-art digital technology to register Palestinian refugees who have found themselves in a legal limbo after the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime. -
Feature: "Dreaming of return helps me survive," say Baghdad's evicted Palestinians
25 Jun 2003 Hundreds of Palestinian refugee families evicted from their homes in the Iraqi capital are now living under UNHCR tents in a Baghdad sports centre. The UN refugee agency is working to move them to vacant government buildings as soon as possible.