US to surge 17,000 Iraqi refugees into America for resettlement [View All]

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Date: 10 Oct 2008

GENEVA, Oct 10 (KUNA) -- US Assistant Secretary of State Samuel Witten told reporters Friday that the US is expected to receive in 2009 at least 17,000 Iraqi refugees for resettlement. He added, in a news conference today, at the conclusion of the meetings of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), that the US has received in fiscal year 2008 which ended on 30 September 13,823 Iraqi refugees for resettlement, figures that surpasses the target which had been set for only 12,000. Witten said that the State Department had contributed on 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008 the record sum of USD 1.44 billion to help refugees, conflict victims, stateless persons and vulnerable migrants around the world. snip