More money for displaced Iraqis
Andra Jackson; 28/7/08
The Australian Government has put up half a million dollars to try to stop displaced Iraqi women and girls stranded in Syria from resorting to prostitution to survive. Immigration Minister Chris Evans has expressed concern at United Nations reports that female refugees who have fled from Iraq to Syria are going into prostitution or enduring other forms of exploitation to keep going. Senator Evans announced last week that Australia would spend an extra $6.45 million on international aid projects to ease the plight of refugees who have fled war and persecution in their home countries. This brings the Government’s overall commitment to more than $16 million in 2008-09. Part of the money will be used to help Iraqi women in Syria who fled sexual violence.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/world/more-money-for-displaced-iraqis-20080727-3lpg.html