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Iraqis to need visas for Syria starting
next month
30.8.2007
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Damascus imposes visa requirement on Iraqis entering
Syria
August 30, 2007
Baghdad, -- The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said
on Thursday that the Syrian government decided to
require visas for Iraqis seeking entering
Syria as of September 10, 2007.
"The Syrian Foreign Minister Waleed al-Moualim
informed his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari by
telephone that his country decided to impose a visa
requirement as of September 10, 2007, on Iraqi
nationals seeking entry to Syria for economic,
commercial and scientific purposes, and asked for
the Iraqi government cooperation in this respect,"
the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said.
The Syria move is seen as an attempt by the Arab
state to reduce the flow of more than 30,000 Iraqi
refugees every month. But it remains unclear how it
will affect Iraqis seeking refugee status.
Syria receives now Iraqis seeking entry to its
territories without obtaining prior entry visas.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
estimated the number of Iraqis residing in Syria at
1.4 million.
Jordan and Syria host the largest percentage of the
more than 2 million Iraqis who have fled abroad.
This week, the United States said it would increase
its support by $30 million to countries hosting
Iraqi refugees.
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