Jordan To Host Meeting On Iraqi Refugees - Foreign Ministry
U.N. and Arab League officials as well as representatives from Turkey and Iran are also taking part in the one-day conference Thursday, Mohammed Shahankari of the foreign ministry told AFP.
"The technical meeting will discuss the situation of Iraqi refugees, focusing on ways to support host countries and help them provide more and better services for the refugees," Shahankari said.
About 4.4 million Iraqis have fled their homes since the start of the war, with some 2 million in Syria and Jordan, apart from 2.5 million displaced within their own country, according to the U.N.
Jordan estimates the costs of sheltering between 500,000 and 750,000 Iraqi refugees over the past three years at more than $2 billion, and Amman has repeatedly asked the international community to provide more direct aid.
The U.N. refugee agency appealed in January for $261 million for its operations to help people uprooted by the conflict in Iraq.
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November 19, 2008 05:26 ET (10:26 GMT)
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