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| Integration of Syrian refugees into Kurdistan Region’s schools a ‘major achievement’: UNHCR official |
| 2022-04-28 |
| [Rudaw] Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the UNHCR Representative in Iraq since November 2021, spoke to Rudaw last week about the situation of Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region, praising the recent move to integrate children into the Region’s public schools, and warning of both the agency’s limited humanitarian funding, and the fraud schemes targeting some of the most vulnerable. The Syrian conflict has displaced over 240,000 Syrians of Kurdish origin to the Kurdistan Region, mainly from northeast Syria (Rojava), and the UN Refugee Agency official opened the interview by commending the Region for welcoming so many, and providing them with a safe place to "rebuild" their lives. "Over the last ten years, their children have been able to go to school, sick patients have been able to have access to medical care, and a lot of Syrians have found jobs'' in Erbil, Duhok, and Sulaimani, the official told Rudaw’s Dilbixwin Dara. "The Kurdish and Iraqi people have shown a lot of compassion, a lot of empathy [and] a lot of support for their refugee brothers and sisters." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 See, prisoners running amuck. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-28 18:15 |