Latest on Iraqi refugee situation on Syria is the Prime Minister of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki, met with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria yesterday to discuss trade, security and the refugee crisis.
Interesting article from al-Jazeerah.
With nearly 30,000 refugees arriving in Syria from Iraq each month, the situation has been called the most rapidly developing refugee crisis in the world by the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR). Syria has already absorbed nearly two million Iraqi, as has Jordan.
Both countries are faltering economically under the strain of added social and political burden. Medical aid for refugees and education are traditionally cited, but provision of basic needs such as housing, food and clean water are taking their toll as well.
To read more about the Iraqi Refugee Crisis, check out a project I did a nominal amount of work on for the American Friends' Service Committee: the Symposium on Iraqi Refugees.
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