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VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG
Quoted: Iraqis in exile in Jordan
September 17, 2010
By The IRC
NewsHour
"They spent everything they have."
- IRC program manager Thara'a Alwadi, telling PBS NewsHour that after more than two years of exile in Jordan, even those Iraqi refugees who were relatively well-off when they arrived are now struggling. "Jordan is not a cheap country," Thara'a says. "It's expensive."
The story aired September 6. You can watch video and read a transcript here.
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