U.N.: Number of refugees falls to 9.7M

From Seattle PI

A key reason for the drop was the continued return of refugees to Afghanistan. More than half of the 1.1 million refugees repatriated last year returned to Afghanistan; large numbers of refugees also returned home to Angola, Burundi and Iraq.

"The phenomenal return of Afghans to their homeland over the past few years underscores the benefits of sustained international attention and support for the work of UNHCR and its partners," Lubbers said. "The impact is felt as far away as Europe, where the numbers of Afghan asylum seekers have plunged."

Would the "sustained international attention" in Afghanistan and Iraq be the US and coalition Military?

So, millions of Afghans and Iraqis get to go home, Europe saves millions of dollars in benefits and the US gets:

- Its' troops killed
- Billions of dollars spent
- vilified around the world

In the wake of the UNSCAM scandal is it any wonder the UN is breaking its' arm to pat itself on the back?
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