Millions Displaced from Homes in Iraq

(30 Oct 08 - RV) Refugees International issued a report today urging the Iraqi government and donor countries to do more to support millions of refugees living outside Iraq, rather than seeking to lure them home to a still-violent country. According to the International Organisation for Migration some 2.8 million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes within Iraq. Another 2 million are believed to be outside the country, mainly in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Najla Chahda is a social worker directing the Caritas Lebanon Migrant Centre where Iraqi refugee families have been arriving in greater numbers. She told us more about their plight, and the recent surge in Christian families from Mosul...