New York, July 09: The UN refugee agency”s office in Iraq has closed down a makeshift camp that hosted Iranian Kurd refugees in the no-man”s-land situated on the border between Iraq and Jordan since 2005.
The group, composed of 186 refugees, has been temporarily relocated to al-Waleed refugee camp, on Iraq”s border with Syria, UN spokeswoman Michele Montas told reporters at the United Nations headquarters here.
The refugees were cooperative during the relocation process and UNHCR handled the logistics of moving them to the camp, while the Iraqi Police escorted them, Montas said. All the families are currently in al-Waleed camp, she said.
Iraq currently hosts 40,000 refugees, most of whom are Palestinians, but also include Turkish Kurds and Iranian Kurds. The majority of them are sheltering in camps and settlements, with UNHCR providing protection and basic assistance while exploring longer-term solutions.
-PTI