UNHCR Calls for Urgent Help in Iraq

World | January 8, 2007, Monday // 00:00

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has appealed for USD 60 M in emergency aid to help more than 1.7 million Iraqis displaced by the ongoing violence. The agency estimates that around 40,000 to 50,000 Iraqis flee their homes every month. It expects the number of internally displaced people to reach 2.3 million this year. A
further two million have fled abroad, mostly to Syria, Jordan and Egypt.

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