EU to send Iraq refugee mission to Jordan, Syria
25/9/08
The European Commission said Wednesday that it will send a mission to the Middle East in early November to evaluate the problems faced by refugees from the conflict in Iraq. “This mission will take place in the first week of November,” said Michele Cercone, the commission’s justice affairs spokeswoman. The fact-finding mission - which will travel to Jordan and Syria - will include representatives from the EU’s executive branch and those of EU member states wanting to take part, as well as UN refugee officials. It will aim to assess the conditions of the most vulnerable refugees from Iraq, and consider how, or whether, some of them could be resettled in EU countries prepared to host them. The plight of Iraq refugees will be discussed by EU interior ministers at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday. In June, Germany urged its European Union partners to accept more refugees from conflict-torn Iraq and to step up their aid efforts.
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