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Refugees Remain at Border Between Iraq and Jordan
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says some nine hundred refugees remain near the border between Jordan and Iraq.
The refugee agency says over seven hundred of the refugees are in the no-man's land and the rest in a camp inside Jordan. UNCHR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis says most of the refugees are Iranian Kurds and Palestinians who had been living in exile and fled the fighting last year.
"In both locations refugees have been living under very harsh conditions since the spring of 2003, staying under tents in a desert area subject to extreme climatic variations. They now face a second winter of freezing temperatures with no immediate solution in sight. "
On Thursday a group of 185 Iranian Kurd refugees arrived in Sweden after spending more than 18 months in the no-man's land between Iraq and Jordan.
