Iraqi refugees return home

December 19, 2007

Tens of thousands Iraqi refugees are returning home, hoping to re-establish their lives in their war-ravaged home country. More than two million Iraqis fled abroad during the unrest, mainly to neighbouring states Syria and Jordan. The governments there say supporting the population costs billions, but aid agences have warned that Iraq cannot support a massive influx of returnees. Still, with violence slowly receding in Iraq, tens of thousands are braving the journey home.