Obstacles Keep Iraqi Refugees From U.S.

Despite a stepped-up commitment from the United States to take in Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the American government and military, very few are signing up to go, resettlement officials say.

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The reason, Iraqis say, is that they are not allowed to apply in Iraq, requiring them to make a costly and uncertain journey to countries like Syria or Jordan, where they may be turned away by border officials already overwhelmed by fleeing Iraqis.

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Not allowed to apply in Iraq??? Jeez, what a strange requirement or rather constraint! No wonder!

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This year, for the first time, administration officials began publicly discussing the special dangers faced by Iraqis working with Americans here and acknowledging the need to grant them safety in the United States.

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For the first time??? pecial dangers faced by Iraqis working with Americans??? acknowledging the need to grant them safety??? Doesn't take much to figure that out now does it?

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A spokesman for the United States Embassy In JOrdan said all Iraqis who had worked for the United States would have their refugee applications sped up once they fled Iraq and reached neighboring countries like Jordan or Syria.

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Sure thing! flee first and then Insha Allah everything will be in order!!!

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“The big question mark is for those who can’t reach us here,” said Rafiq A. Tschannen, chief of the Iraq mission for the International Organization for Migration in Amman, Jordan.

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Indeed! What about those who can't / won't leave?

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Well, they are only Iraqis I guess, children of a lesser God!