Deportations

Iraqis are living in fear of deportation from Jordan as it struggles with a massive influx of refugees.

so one of the guys who works at the crazy arabic school i went to was taken into detention at mecca mall (giant upscale amman mall) because he didn't have any id on him. they held him for a couple of days because they thought he might be iraqi. (he's palestinian-american and speaks with an egyptian accent) they let him go eventually after calling the school, but what a disaster had they decided to deport him to iraq...

IDs are lovely. passports are lovely. (the right passports are lovely) the iraqis here now have a situation where their passports are no longer good to get back into jordan on. there is a doctor we know here, who is stuck until her family can get her the new kind of iraqi passport (they're in iraq), then she can leave jordan, get the new passport, and come back. but from what i understand the old passports are no longer good for border crossings. so, people are stuck.