U.N. refugee agency to boost presence in Iraq
The United Nations refugee agency is to boost its presence in Iraq to help deal with the estimated 50,000 people who flee their homes every month, agency head Antonio Guterres said on Saturday. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates up to 2 million Iraqis have moved to neighbouring countries before and since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, while 1.7 million Iraqis are internally displaced. Full Story