EGYPT: Long road to resettlement for disabled Iraqi refugees

CAIRO Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Hamid Amin Hamza, his wife Om Omar, and their family of 10, including their physically disabled son Jaafar, live in a shabby apartment in Cairo’s Madinat Nasser suburb. They fled Iraq in 2007 and reached Egypt via Syria seeking security, economic stability and above all treatment for their son. “We came here because the situation in Iraq was unbearable. Not only were we in danger, but Jaafar was suffering the most,” said Hamid. Jaafar, aged 9, suffers...