Read more Iraqi refugees stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16662/iraqi-refugees.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:19:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70869/dont-forget-iraqi-refugees-brangelina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in Syria, using their powers for good. The celebrity übercouple visited Iraqi refugees in Damascus today in an attempt to keep the lowest-profile victims of the war from falling off the radar, People reports. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN's refugee agency, released...http://www.newser.com/story/70869/dont-forget-iraqi-refugees-brangelina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 17:04:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65162/angelina-tours-iraqi-camps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAngelina Jolie visited a refugee camp near Baghdad today, part of her duties as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency, People reports. While visiting one displaced family, she asked if they wished to return to their home. "No way," said one daughter, in a reminder of the violence...http://www.newser.com/story/65162/angelina-tours-iraqi-camps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 16:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33327/us-expands-visa-program-for-iraqis-tenfold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US embassy in Baghdad announced a major expansion of its visa program for Iraqi employees of the American government, raising tenforld the number of work permits it currently offers. The move is the latest step by the Bush administration to answer criticism that it has neglected the Iraqis, particularly...http://www.newser.com/story/33327/us-expands-visa-program-for-iraqis-tenfold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Jul 2008 7:57:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30954/refugees-iraqs-unspoken-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof travels to Jordan to report on one of the unintended consequences of the Iraq war: a regional refugee crisis. About 2 million Iraqis, mostly Sunnis, have fled since the war, living mostly in Jordan and Syria in deplorable conditions. "They are the new...http://www.newser.com/story/30954/refugees-iraqs-unspoken-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Jun 2008 6:56:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21754/iraq-still-lacks-clean-water-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, its health care system is “now in worse shape than ever,” and millions of Iraqis still don’t have clean water and medical care, Reuters reports. “The humanitarian situation in most of the country remains among the most critical in the world,” the...http://www.newser.com/story/21754/iraq-still-lacks-clean-water-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Mar 2008 11:23:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18200/us-to-admit-more-iraqi-refugees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe State Department plans to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the US by September, despite resettling only 375 so far this year, CNN reports. Ambassador James Foley, charged with the task of accelerating resettlement, vowed to reporters that the pace will pick up in the coming months. The US...http://www.newser.com/story/18200/us-to-admit-more-iraqi-refugees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 Feb 2008 3:47:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14207/iraq-invites-refugees-home-but-home-is-gone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBaghdad shocked Washington and the UN last month by inviting home 1.4 million refugees from Syria, the Washington Post reports. The UN warned against it, saying exiles would face poverty, but Iraq started a bus line to transport them back. Many found their homes looted and neighborhoods redrawn along...http://www.newser.com/story/14207/iraq-invites-refugees-home-but-home-is-gone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Dec 2007 17:35:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13488/transient-iraqi-band-hits-turkey.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour young Iraqis formed Acrassicauda—Baghdad’s only heavy-metal band—in 2001, and since the 2003 invasion have struggled to keep their music (and themselves) alive to prove culture could still exist in their homeland. But playing a Western style of music made them a target, and like many Iraqis, the...http://www.newser.com/story/13488/transient-iraqi-band-hits-turkey.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Dec 2007 18:23:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12925/iraq-staggered-by-flood-of-returning-refugees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBetter security in Baghdad has produced a dangerous and largely unforeseen problem: what to do with an influx of refugees streaming back from Syria and elsewhere now that it's safe to return. Many find their former homes have been occupied and the stranded refugees have few places to turn for...http://www.newser.com/story/12925/iraq-staggered-by-flood-of-returning-refugees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Nov 2007 4:00:00 CST