Iraqi government careless about its own refugees – (Displacement and Migration) minister

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Source: Azzaman (Iraq Daily)

The Iraqi ministry which is supposed to look after Iraqi refugees says its coffers are empty despite urgent needs.

Displacement and Migration Minister Abdulsamad Sultan said he could not even afford paying the travel expenses of Iraqi refugees willing to return home.

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The government has promised to compensate returning families but the minister said the law regulating payments still remains on the shelf.

“There are 240,000 internally displaced families but the ministry has no resources to arrange for their resettlement in their original cities and quarters,” Sultan said.

Read more: http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news/2009-02-27/kurd.htm

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1. Sounds just like a Republican administration

Create a department and then fail to fund it.