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374790
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john wreford
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Al-Tanf, iraq
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29 Jan, 2007
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Iraq Palestinian Refugees Living at the Syria/Iraq Border
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Several hundred Palestinian refugees from Iraq are living in tents on the Syrian Iraqi border at Al -Tanf, Monday, Jan. 29, 2007. Palestinians in Iraq were seen as favoured by the Saddam regime and now face persecution. Many have fled the continuing violence but have been denied entry into Syria, because the Syrian government is presumably worried about an influx adding to the already over burdened refugee population. Fearful of a return to Iraq, the Palestinians are living in squalid conditions in the desert beside the main border highway. Freezing in winter and scorched in summer, they are surviving on aid from the UN and Palestinian organisations such as Fatah and Hamas.
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