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Kirk Semple (The New York Times)
Iraqi Immigrants Face Lonely Struggle in U.S.
Kirk Semple sheds the light to how the Iraqi Refugees fled to the USA escaping Iraq's' security situation to be faced by new hardships there. (August 2009)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
UNHCR revises guidelines for Iraqi asylum claims
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 5 May 2009, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. (May 2009)
Mundher Shawi (Azzaman)
Syria says Iraqi refugees turn into ‘unbearable’ economic burden
Syria says the presence of more than a million Iraqi refugees is stretching its strapped economic resources to the limit and has asked other Arab countries for help. (February 2009)
Catherine Philp (Times Online)
Palestinians dumped by road in no man's land, their plight ignored by all
"The al-Tanf camp is the invisible face not only of the Iraqi refugee crisis but also of the miserable history of perpetual refugeehood that is the Palestinian plight." (February 2009)
Michael E. O'Hanlon, Raid Juhi Hamadi al Saedi (The Brookings Institution)
Resettling Iraq's Four Million Displaced
New problem face Iraqi refugees when they return to their home due to that their homes might be occupied by squatters. This problem is discussed throughout this article. (February 2009)
Sudarsan Raghavan (Washington Post)
Iraqi Women, Fighting for a Voice
Raghavan explores women right activists in Iraq who confront the dual powers of religion, and Tribalism. (December 2008)
Anna Badkhen (The Christian Science Monitor)
Rape's vast toll in Iraq war remains largely ignored
Many rape victims have escaped to Jordan but still don't have access to treatment and counseling. (November 2008)
Teresa Watanabe (Los Angeles Times)
Number of Iraqi refugees admitted to U.S. up sharply
California is the top state for resettlement. Among those fleeing the violence is a prosperous family that had to leave many possessions behind and is struggling to make a new life in Los Angeles. (November 2008)
Michael Schwartz (Asia Time Online)
Wrecked Iraq
Micael Shcwartz shows how iraq situattion is bad by giving "a small sampling of the devastation" in the economy, electricity, water, schools and the The Dysfunctional society. (October 2008)
The International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
Iraqi Christians: Round trip to Death Street
Iraqi Christian refugees flee the horror of sectarian violence at home to struggle with life in Lebanon. This article tackles the struggle of Iraqi Christians in Iraq and abroad. (August 2008)
Relief Web
Syria: UNHCR cash for Iraqi refugees, but many vow never to return
This article sheds the light on the Iraqi Refugee Crisis by referring to different recent reports and article on the refugees conditions. (August 2008)
Lohoud.com
Croton filmmakers document suffering of Iraqi refugees
Documentary by Canadian filmmakers Andrew Courtney and Emily Perry of Croton-on-Hudson. (July 2008)
Deutsche Welle
Iraqi refugees condemn EU decision regarding their intake
Iraqi refugees living in Jordan denounced Friday, July 25 a move by Germany to postpone until September efforts to look into their case for asylum in the European Union. (July 2008)
Walter Pincus (Washington Post)
U.S. Can't Keep Up On Visas for Iraqis
In this article Walter Pincus sheds light on the refugee problem the limited capacity of the US government to take in all those who worked with the US army or US contractors. (July 2008)
Steven Simon (Foreign Affairs)
The Price of the Surge
Steven Simon demonstrates how the Bush administration's new strategy in Iraq has helped to reduce violence, but lacks a sustainable plan for building a viable Iraqi state. The recent short-term gains have thus come at the expense of the long-term goal of a stable, unitary Iraq. (May/June 2008)
Karen DeYoung (Washington Post)
Stalwart Service for U.S. in Iraq Is Not Enough to Gain Green Card
Karen DeYoung discusses a case of an Iraqi refugee whose green card application was rejected because he fought with Kurdish party trying to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and is therefore considered as being linked with to a terrorist organization. (23 March 2008)
BBC
Iraqis who fled abroad
Personal accounts of Iraqi refugees speaking about their lives and aspirations. (17 March 2008)
Charles Tripp (Le Monde diplomatique)
The politics of the local in Iraq
The many regional and sectarian leaders in Iraq now wield a power over ordinary citizens that the new national institutions cannot, and may not want to temper. Iraq may fall into a second violent civil war. Or it may become an imperial protectorate with a privileged military and sharp class divisions. (January 2008)
Michael Howard (Guardian Unlimited)
A surge of their own: Iraqis take back the streets
Portait of the "Sahwa" forces that are funded by the US army to police the streets and neighborhoods of Baghdad. (December 2007)
Reinoud Leenders
When Do Refugees Bring Trouble? The Political Implications and Dimensions of the Iraqi Exodus Following the Samara Bombing
Paper Abstract & briefing, presented at the conference The Challenges of Transformation in the Middle East, organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Freie Universitat Berlin. (December 2007 )
Deutsche Presse Agentur
Yearender: Iraq enjoys more security but reconciliation still a dream
This document discuses the security status in Iraq and the chances of Iraqi refugees to return to their homes. ( December 2007)
Damien Cave (The New York Times)
Pressure for Results: The Politics of Tallying the Number of Iraqis Who Return Home
Damien Cave shows how that the Iraqi's return to their homes is governed by a lot of different political conditions in this article. (November 2007)
Lina Sinjab (BBC)
Prostitution ordeal of Iraqi girls
Reportage on female Iraqi refugees in Syria who have to resort to prostitution in order to support their families. (December 2007)
Volker Perthes (Open Democracy)
Iraq in 2012: four scenarios
What will Iraq's future resemble - and under which US president? Volker Perthes, head of the Stiftung Wissenschaft and Politik think tank in Berlin, outlines four possible scenarios. ( September 2007)
Michael Howard (Guardian Unlimited)
Children of war: the generation traumatized by violence in Iraq
Michel Howard discusses how the children in Iraq cope with the abundance of violence, and how it affects their daily life. (February 2007) | 
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