The United Nations refugee agency is seeking $60 million in emergency funds to help deal with the Iraqi refugee crisis. The U.N. estimates that one in eight Iraqis have fled their homes and that 1.7 million Iraqis are now displaced. Up to one million Iraqi refugees are in Syria. Up to 700,000 are in Jordan. Tens of thousands of Iraqis continue to flee monthly.
U.N. Seeks Emergency Funds for 1.7 Million Iraq Refugees
HeadlineJan 09, 2007