Gorilla’s Guides

English:
The Iraki Red Crescent has issued a statement expressing regret that inaccurate statements are being made about Iraki Internally Displaced Persons. In a statement passed to the the independent Iraki newsagency Aswat Al Iraq (Voices of Iraq) the Iraqi Red Crescent, said on Monday, that it "deeply regretted" the statements circulated recently by officials about […]

Posted on November 13th, 2007 under Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: IDPs (Internal Refugees), Red Crescent/Red Cross. Comments: 1

BASRA, 12 November 2007 (IRIN) - Basra province, 550km south of Baghdad, can no longer accommodate Iraqi families fleeing insecurity, according to local officials. “We cannot cope with any more families seeking refuge in our province, whatever their reasons. The governorate is seriously affected by the high number of displaced families,” […]

Posted on November 13th, 2007 under Features, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: Basrah, Ethnic Cleansing, IDPs (Internal Refugees), IRIN, Poverty. Comments: 1

BAGHDAD, 12 November 2007 (IRIN) - Broke and desperate, Ziad Qahtan Naeem and his family have returned to their house in war-battered Baghdad, a move they likened to a “death sentence”.

Links to other IRIN reports on Irakis in Jordan and Syria:
Burying the eye to heal the mind
New report urges donors to boost humanitarian […]

Posted on November 13th, 2007 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Society And Economy. Tags: IRIN, Jordan, Poverty, Refugees, Syria. Comments: None