"Informed government sources" are quoted on the Jordanian newspaper Al-Arab al-Yawm's website as saying that Jordan will transfer some 300 Iraqi refugees who consider themselves "Palestinian" to the buffer zone between Jordan and Iraq in the next few weeks.
The refugees in the Al-Ruwayshid camp arrived with the onset of the United States' war in Iraq last year. The sources said that the Jordanian government's intention to evict them follows the failure of all negotiations between the UN High Commission for Refugees [UNHCR] and several Arab countries to host these refugees in their countries. The government plans to offer the refugees two choices: either return to Iraq, or move to the no-man's land. In any event, Jordan is determined to tear down the camp at the end of this month.
The refugees in the Al-Ruwayshid camp arrived with the onset of the United States' war in Iraq last year. The sources said that the Jordanian government's intention to evict them follows the failure of all negotiations between the UN High Commission for Refugees [UNHCR] and several Arab countries to host these refugees in their countries. The government plans to offer the refugees two choices: either return to Iraq, or move to the no-man's land. In any event, Jordan is determined to tear down the camp at the end of this month.