Deputy High Commissioner at the United Nations Refugee Agency
Deputy High Commissioner at the United Nations Refugee Agency
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Craig Johnstone
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Conference on Iraq Refugees Warns of Humanitarian Crisis Before the Iraq invasion, there were predictions of a refugee crisis. Now, 50,000 people a month are streaming into Jordan and Syria amid warnings of instability in the region. Craig Johnstone is the UN's Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.
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