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Vulnerable Palestinians head towards a new life in Iceland
8 Sep 2008 A group of 29 Palestinian refugee women and children stranded for the last two years on the Iraq-Syria border head towards a new life in Iceland. -
Resettlement to Iceland rescues Palestinians from border camp limbo
4 Aug 2008 After being stranded for the last two years in a makeshift camp on the Iraq-Syria border, 29 vulnerable Palestinian refugees are now set to go to Iceland. -
UNHCR concerned about situation of Palestinians on Iraq border
18 Mar 2008 UNHCR is seeking urgent assistance for more than 2,700 Palestinians living on Iraq's border with Syria and facing an increasingly dire health situation. -
Baghdad Palestinians hope for passage through India
3 Jan 2008 Some 200 Palestinian refugees who fled Iraq in 2006 say they are struggling with an alien tongue and culture in India, and hope to find a solution elsewhere. -
Conditions deteriorate for 2,000 Palestinians stuck at Iraq-Syria border
9 Nov 2007 The UN refugee agency warns that the situation for Palestinians trapped in camps at the Iraq-Syria border is becoming very precarious, with nearly 2,000 people facing deteriorating weather conditions. -
Jordan's Ruweished camp empty as last family leaves
5 Nov 2007 Jordan's Ruweished camp was empty after the last nine Palestinian refugees left the desert facility en route to a new life in Brazil. -
UNHCR helps Palestinians mark Eid in Baghdad
15 Oct 2007 The UN refugee agency was able to bring a little bit of light into the lives of a small group of Palestinian children and their families during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations that mark the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. -
UNHCR deeply concerned after fire in Iraq's Al Tanf desert camp
9 Oct 2007 The UN refugee agency on Tuesday expressed "deep concern" after Palestinian refugees were injured when a fire swept through a desert camp in the no-man's land between Iraq and Syria at the weekend. -
First group of 35 Palestinians leave Jordan for new life in Brazil
20 Sep 2007 Thirty-five elated Palestinians boarded a plane at Amman's international airport on Thursday and flew off to a new life in Brazil after years of hardship in an isolated desert camp in Jordan.