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Voices in the News - Iraqi Refugees Arrive in Atlanta
September 24, 2007
By The IRC
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| NPR’s Morning Edition aired a story on September 13 about the arrival of Iraqi refugees in the U.S., with a focus on two families who recently arrived in Atlanta. It's a very slow response to this crisis," says Ellen Beattie, the IRC refugee resettlement director in Atlanta. "There are literally millions of Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and the [Persian] Gulf states, and they are all in very precarious and dire circumstances there," Beattie says. "They're struggling economically, academically and [they're] unable to build a new life. |
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Good news for this family,
Submitted by Faiz Ahmed (not verified) on October 1, 2007 - 4:55am.
Good news for this family, hope they finally be able to re start thier life in peace. Hope befor my died, one day my family and I will leave Basra, Iraq and could re start our lifes again.
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