332 Refugees Arrive at Border - most of them Sudanese
alber | 24.03.2003 20:31
332 Refugees Arrive at Border
Agence France Presse
RUWEISHED, Jordan, 24 March 2003 — A total of 332 people, none of them Iraqis, arrived yesterday at this camp near the border between Iraq and Jordan, said Mohamed Al-Hadid, head of the Jordanian Red Crescent.
The new arrivals follow 436 people, most of them Sudanese, who have taken refuge at the Ruweished camp since US-led forces attacked Iraq on Thursday. The camp, 60 km into Jordanian territory, is designed for third-country nationals in transit from Iraq. Among the people who arrived yesterday were 241 Sudanese, along with Somalis, Eritreans, South Africans, Egyptians and one citizen of Djibouti, Hadid told reporters at the camp.
He said more than half of the Sudanese would leave for their home country.
No Iraqis are known to have taken refuge in Jordan since the start of the war. However, a camp run by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) about three kilometers (two miles) away is being prepared to receive up to 10,000 Iraqis.
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Agence France Presse
RUWEISHED, Jordan, 24 March 2003 — A total of 332 people, none of them Iraqis, arrived yesterday at this camp near the border between Iraq and Jordan, said Mohamed Al-Hadid, head of the Jordanian Red Crescent.
The new arrivals follow 436 people, most of them Sudanese, who have taken refuge at the Ruweished camp since US-led forces attacked Iraq on Thursday. The camp, 60 km into Jordanian territory, is designed for third-country nationals in transit from Iraq. Among the people who arrived yesterday were 241 Sudanese, along with Somalis, Eritreans, South Africans, Egyptians and one citizen of Djibouti, Hadid told reporters at the camp.
He said more than half of the Sudanese would leave for their home country.
No Iraqis are known to have taken refuge in Jordan since the start of the war. However, a camp run by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) about three kilometers (two miles) away is being prepared to receive up to 10,000 Iraqis.
aljazeerah.info News
English:
http://www.aljazeerah.info/
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