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==Immigration to Iraq== | |||
To escape the civil war, over 160,000 Syrian refugees of varying ethnicities have fled to Iraq since 2012.<ref name="iraq">"Iraq", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Iraq== | ==Emigration From Iraq== | ||
*Refugees from '''Iraq''' have increased in number since the US-led invasion into Iraq in March 2003. | *Refugees from '''Iraq''' have increased in number since the US-led invasion into Iraq in March 2003. | ||
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*However, there is a large Iraqi community in the '''United States''' and some of the community in the US arrived as early as the 1900s-10s.<ref>"List of diasporas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas#I, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref> | *However, there is a large Iraqi community in the '''United States''' and some of the community in the US arrived as early as the 1900s-10s.<ref>"List of diasporas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas#I, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref> | ||
*In 2007, the UN said that about 40% of '''Iraq's middle class''' was believed to have fled and that most had fled '''systematic persecution''' and had no desire to return. | *In 2007, the UN said that about 40% of '''Iraq's middle class''' was believed to have fled and that most had fled '''systematic persecution''' and had no desire to return. | ||
*More than half of '''Iraqi Christians''' had fled the country since the 2003 US-led invasion. | *More than half of '''Iraqi Christians''' had fled the country since the 2003 US-led invasion. | ||
*Subsequently, the diaspora seemed to be returning, as security improved; the Iraqi government claimed that 46,000 refugees returned to their homes in October 2007 alone.<ref name="iraq"/> | |||
==Records of Iraqi Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Iraqi Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||