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Article: Jordan sees no Iraqi refugee influx yet.
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- United Press International
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- March 20, 2003
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AMMAN, Jordan, Mar 20, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX)
U.N. agencies in the Jordanian capital, Amman, said Thursday there was no Iraqi refugee movement toward the countries bordering Iraq, but they confirmed that about 180 third-country nationals had fled the country into Jordan's transit camp shortly after the U.S. strikes were launched on Iraq.
Peter Kessler, spokesman for the U.N High Commission for Refugees, told reporters that until 3:00 p.m. local time, only two Iraqi individuals had been seen on the Iraqi-Jordanian border seeking to enter the country.
He said the two had said they were planning to join their wives in Libya ...