US Ambassador to Iraq: We have provided more than $3 billion in aid to displaced persons and refugees
The US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, confirmed on Wednesday that her country has provided financial aid exceeding $3 billion to the displaced and refugees, expressing its rejection of forcing the displaced into camps or forcibly returning them to their homes.
Romanowski said in her speech during the ceremony announcing the guidelines for organizing refugee affairs in the Kurdistan Region, “After the events of the war against ISIS in 2014, we provided more than 3.6 billion in aid to the displaced and refugees.”
He added, “We worked with the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Iraqi government, international organizations, and the international community to deliver aid to displaced Iraqis and return them to their homes.”
The US Ambassador called on the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to work on returning the displaced to their homes “with all appreciation and respect,” adding: “They should not be pressured to remain in displacement camps, nor should they be pressured to forcibly return to their places of residence.”
Shafaq.com