Friday, September 08, 2006
Ministry spokesman - displaced people returning home
Security
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed) Thirty per cent of people who were forced to flee their homes have returned - and in August there was no displacement at all, according to a source in the ministry of migrants and displacement. The returnees had taken advantge of the reconciliation plans, the strong security measures and the influence of tribal leaders, said ministry spokesman Mahdi al-Haideri. Haideri anticipates that more families will return to their homes with the beginning of the new academic year.
(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.)
COMMENT: With the current lack of control of the security situation it seems unlikley that so many would return home. It could be more likely an attempt by the government to persuade the public that security is improving. COMMENT ENDS.
