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November 12, 2014

U.N.: Funding Shortfall Threatens Up to 1 Million Refugees in Iraq, Syria 
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The United Nations has issued a new warning over the plight of refugees
displaced by war in Syria and Iraq. On Tuesday, U.N. spokesperson
Melissa Fleming warned that a funding shortfall threatens up to a
million people as winter looms.

Melissa Fleming: "We are very concerned by an over $58 million funding
shortfall that could leave as many as one million people without proper
help. This is partly due to this sharp increase of internal displacement
that we have witnessed in Iraq."

Close to 13.6 million people have been displaced by the conflicts in
Syria and Iraq. The U.N. World Food Program has cut rations for 4.25
million people, and more cuts could be on the way.

 

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