Syrian refugees stream into Iraqi Kurdistan

  • 11 years ago
Iraqi Kurdistan has slapped a limit of 3,000 a day on refugees entering from Syria, after more than 30,000 flooded in from their war-torn homeland in a matter of days. The massive influx began on August 15 when the Kurdistan regional government opened the Peshkhabour pontoon bridge in northern Iraq. Nearly half the new arrivals are children, according to the United Nations refugee agency. Duration: 01:29