More on the international crisis Bush is creating: Palestinian refugees from Iraq arrive in Brazil

[ProSense]

Palestinian refugees from Iraq arrive in Brazil

Fri Sep 21, 7:25 PM ET

BRASILIA (AFP) - A first group of 35 Palestinians who were forced to flee Iraq arrived Friday in Brazil where they will receive government and UN assistance to build their new lives, officials said.

The 35 are part of a group of 117 Palestinian-Iraqi refugees who are making their way to Brazil after fleeing Iraq and seeking shelter in neighboring Jordan following the fall of Saddam Hussein.

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They spent around three years at the refugee camp, according to Luis Varese, a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees representative.

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"You must understand that these people lost everything. They have suffered a lot, they are afraid and they want to keep a low profile," he said.

Brazil plans to give them identity papers so they will have the same status as Brazilian citizens. They will be enrolled in Portuguese classes and will receive monthly financial aid until they are able to support themselves, officials said.

An estimated 4.2 million Iraqis have been forced to flee their homes due to violence and sectarian unrest, according to the UN refugee agency.

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[AuntPatsy]

1. How come they aren't coming here?

:sarcasm:

[AuntPatsy]

2. I can't believe that this thread had not one post? what about the misplaced people

of Iraq? What have we done?