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Syria will allow American officials into the country to vet Iraqi refugees for resettlement in the United States.  Syria currently hosts more Iraqi refugees than any other country-between 1.2 and 1.5 million.
The United States was criticized by refugee agencies due to the low number of refugees it has admitted–out of 12,000 refugees the U.N. referred […]

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The United Nations Development Program and Syria signed an agreement on Sunday to count displaced Iraqi citizens who are residing in Syria, and to determine what socioeconomic effects they may be having on the country. It is rumored that up to 1.5 million Iraqi refugees are living in Syria, more than any other country.
Syrian citizens […]

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Riverbend is an Iraqi female blogger who has kept an online account of her life in Iraq since the American invasion.  She and her family have become one of 1.5 million people to take refuge in Syria.  She wrote eloquently about her life as a refugee in a foreign country just yesterday.  Here is an […]

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The belief that Iraqi refugees have money seems a  prevalent idea in Syria.  One man even confided to me his theory that many Iraqis in Syria were looters that had brought platinum bars into Syria which they use to live very nice lifestyles in Damascus.
The truth is that most Iraqis are not wealthy.  They are […]

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Syria hosts the largest number of Iraqi refugees, but stringent new visa requirements have all but barred most Iraqis from fleeing the violence at home. The only Iraqi citizens that will be issued Syrian visas are those on official business or truck and taxi drivers. The New York Times reports.

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