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U.N. Appeals for Aid in Iraq Refugee Crisis

HeadlineFeb 08, 2007

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has issued a new appeal for more international support in Iraq’s worsening refugee crisis. Antonio Guterres spoke Wednesday in Jordan.

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres: “When you have almost four million people displaced, half of it inside the country, half of it in the countries around, you are facing a humanitarian disaster, and it’s very important to mobilize the international community to fully support the people in need, but also to fully support countries that have very generously accepted them, like Jordan, like Syria, like others, and that need massive solidarity from the international community.”

An estimated two million Iraqis have fled to neighboring countries — more than half to Jordan and Syria.

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