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Iraqi refugees have mainly fled into urban centers across region, rather than in refugee camps. [1] There are roughly 2 million Iraqi refugees living in countries neighboring Iraq [5] [6] and 95% of them still live in the Middle East - although other nations in Europe have begun to accept Iraqi refugees. [4]
The Iraqi diaspora in West Asia is mostly located in Syria, Jordan, Iran and Lebanon, in addition to the well established numbers in the Persian Gulf states and Israel.As a result of the Iraq War, the Iraqi refugee crisis is the largest in West Asia in 60 years, [1] since 1948 when the State of Israel was established.
The number of Iraqis in Germany is estimated at 150,000 [36] In 2006, out of 2,727 asylum applications for Iraqi refugees, only 8.3 percent were accepted. [37] Some sources claim there to be just around 40,000 Iraqi refugees residing in Germany. [38] In 2006, Germany granted just 8.3 percent of Iraqi asylum demands, according to the ministry. [39]
Then-Lt. Col. John Abizaid speaking with some Kurds in Northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, 1991 Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to ...
There were 400,000 Palestinians in Kuwait before the Gulf War. During the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, 200,000 Palestinians left Kuwait due to various reasons (fear or persecution, [1] food shortages, medical care difficulties, financial shortages, fear of arrest and mistreatment at roadblocks by Iraqis).
The UK—a country that not only had historically hosted a large number of Iraqi refugees but one that had also participated in the invasion of Iraq—granted refugee status or complementary protection to only 8.7 percent of the Iraqi asylum-seekers in 2005, a significant decrease if considered that from 1997 to 2001 that rate averaged 44 percent.
Around 17% of Iraqis that registered with UNHCR have been considered and submitted for resettlement. Between January 2007 and September 2008 an average of 1,000 Iraqi refugees per month were resettled to third countries. 30,000 Iraqis were resettled to USA. Canada has taken in 1,890 Iraqi refugees, Australia 1,757, Sweden, 1,180, and Germany 2,000.
15-year-old Nayirah al-Ṣabaḥ giving her testimony to the United States Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990, two months after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. It was later revealed that she was the daughter of Kuwaiti ambassador Saud Nasser al-Saud al-Sabah and that her testimony was false.