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First Iraqi family departs Jordan for resettlement in Germany
16 Mar 2009 Germany's resettlement programme for Iraqi refugees gets under way as a family of three leaves Jordan for a new life in the southern city of Stuttgart. -
UNHCR provides Ramadan evening meals to Iraqi refugees in Amman
29 Sep 2008 The refugee agency has set up seven food tents in refugee-hosting areas of the Jordanian capital, serving 1,400 hot meals daily to needy Iraqis and Jordanians as they break their fast. -
Iraqi refugee children head back to packed public schools in Jordan
25 Aug 2008 Jordan's public education system is feeling the strain as the new academic year begins. But UNHCR is determined that vulnerable young Iraqis enrol for classes. -
Refugee footballers in Jordan score a goal for unity
7 Jul 2008 A football club backed by UNHCR is bringing young Iraqi refugees from rival communities together in Amman and giving them a respite from their problems. -
UNHCR opens annual consultations with NGO partners
25 Jun 2008 Queen Noor of Jordan calls at an annual UNHCR's meeting for renewed international support for relief programmes for Iraqi refugees. -
UNHCR faces difficulty helping neediest Iraqis in Jordan
27 May 2008 Amid rising food and energy prices, exacerbated by the withdrawal of state fuel subsidies, the UN refugee agency will find it increasingly difficult to help the growing numbers of Iraqi refugees in need of assistance in Jordan. -
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. -
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. -
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.