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Palestine Refugees Are Better Fed Than Local Arabs, U.N. Report Says

May 2, 1952
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Arab refugees from Palestine are getting more and better food than the local Arabs in Jordan, Iraq and other countries among whom they live, it was reported here last night by the World Health Organization, following a study of the effects of the relief given by the United Nations to the Palestine refugees.

The nutritional level is higher among the Palestine refugees than that of most other people in the area, the report said. It emphasized that of all the Arab countries only Jordan is trying to absorb some of the Palestine refugees. Iraq could easily absorb all the Arab refugees from Palestine but is not showing any inclination to do so, the report stated.

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