November
11
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) Jordan Representative Imran Riza said
recently that the pearl
earringsagency is placing a "huge priority" on
working within Iraq along with local and
international governmental and non-governmental
organisations to pave the way for the Iraqis'
eventual return, addressing a lack of security and
issues with the rule of law.
Rather than be "pushed" back to Iraq due to
economic or other pressures, displaced Iraqis
should be "pulled" back, or attracted to return to
their wheat
pearl homeland, he stressed.
A majority of returnees within Iraq are internally
displaced persons, he said, noting that a
widespread return of Iraqis abroad has yet to occur.
"There are indications that people are not going
back the way some were thinking a year ago," he
said, underlining that the impact of the ongoing
violence in Iraq, particularly in host countries
such as Jordan, is still being felt.
Some 500,000 Iraqis reside in the Kingdom, the vast
majority classified as guests, and although they
are afforded public healthcare and education, they
are not pearl
jewelry entitled to work in Jordan.
In July, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie
praised Jordan for shouldering "a large burden" in
providing assistance to Iraqi guests.