http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/17/22/ The official Web log for Great Decisions 2007 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:03:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/17/22/#comment-141 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:59:11 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/17/22/#comment-141 [...] See: R. Basas’ article The Burden Hardest to Bear for more information on Refugees leaving Iraq to Syria and Jordan [...] […] See: R. Basas’ article The Burden Hardest to Bear for more information on Refugees leaving Iraq to Syria and Jordan […]

]]> http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/17/22/#comment-36 Sat, 19 May 2007 11:02:49 +0000 http://migration.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/04/17/22/#comment-36 [...] We recently reported on the plight of Iraqi migrants. Switzerland is the latest country to refuse the UNHCR’s request to accept a contingent of the 20,000 migrants the organization has identified as particularly in danger of falling prey to excessive violence and torture. The majority of these would-be migrants are women and children. According to an article in the Neue Zuericher Zeitung, Switzerland is refusing to accept additional Iraqi migrants pointing to the fact that 5,000 refugees already reside in the country. Instead, government officials want to step up humanitarian aid to internally displaced Iraqis. [...] […] We recently reported on the plight of Iraqi migrants. Switzerland is the latest country to refuse the UNHCR’s request to accept a contingent of the 20,000 migrants the organization has identified as particularly in danger of falling prey to excessive violence and torture. The majority of these would-be migrants are women and children. According to an article in the Neue Zuericher Zeitung, Switzerland is refusing to accept additional Iraqi migrants pointing to the fact that 5,000 refugees already reside in the country. Instead, government officials want to step up humanitarian aid to internally displaced Iraqis. […]

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