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==How to Find the Records==
===Online Sources===
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
*[https://immigrantships.net/index.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild] Choose a volume and then choose your country under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival".
*[http://immigrants.byu.edu/search/simple Immigrant Ancestors Project]
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960], at Ancestry.com, index and images. ($)
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at FindMyPast; index & images ($)
*[http://anom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caomec2/recherche.php?territoire= '''France National Overseas Archives''']
===Offices and Archives to Contact===


==Online Sources==
*'''1878-1960''' [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1518/ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960] at Ancestry - index & images ($)
*'''1890-1960''' [https://www.findmypast.com/search/results?sourcecategory=travel%20%26%20migration&sid=999 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960] at Findmypast - index & images ($)
*'''1892-1924''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=iraq&f.collectionId=1368704&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924] Search results for Iraq
*'''1946-1971''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61704/ Free Access: Africa, Asia and Europe, Passenger Lists of Displaced Persons, 1946-1971] Ancestry, free. Index and images. Passenger lists of immigrants leaving Germany and other European ports and airports between 1946-1971. The majority of the immigrants listed in this collection are displaced persons - Holocaust survivors, former concentration camp inmates and Nazi forced laborers, as well as refugees from Central and Eastern European countries and some non-European countries.
*[[United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records]]
===British Overseas Subjects===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1993&cj=1&sid=l&netid=cj&o_xid=0005719356&o_lid=0005719356&o_sch=Affiliate+External  UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969], index ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=iraq British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Iraq ], index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=iraq British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Iraq ], index & images ($)
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials] at Findmypast - index & images ($)


==Finding the Town of Origin in Iraq==
==Finding the Town of Origin in Iraq==
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==Immigration to Iraq==
==Immigration into 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.
==Records of       Emigrants in Their Destination Nations==
*As of November 4, 2006, the UNHCR estimated that 1.8 million Iraqis had been displaced to neighboring countries, with nearly 100,000 Iraqis fleeing to '''Syria and Jordan''' each month.
*There are over 200,000 Iraqi refugees said to reside in '''Egypt''' and 100,000 more in the '''Persian Gulf states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.'''
*The main destinations for Iraqi immigration in the 2000s (decade) are the '''UK, Sweden, Germany, Canada, Australia and South America (i.e. Brazil)'''.
*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.
*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==
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to Wiki articles about immigration records for '''major''' destination countries below. Additional Wiki articles for other destinations can be found at [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Emigration_and_Immigration_Records '''Category:Emigration and Immigration Records'''.]  </span>
|<span style="color:DarkViolet">One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the '''country of destination, the country they immigrated into'''. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.</span>
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*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[United States Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Canada Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Syria Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Jordan Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Egypt Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[England Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Sweden Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Germany Emigration and Immigration]]
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*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Brazil Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Bahrain Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Kuwait Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Oman Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Qatar Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Saudi Arabia Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[ Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[United Arab Emirates Emigration and Immigration]]
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==For Further Reading==
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==References==
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How to Find the Records[edit | edit source]

Online Sources[edit | edit source]

Offices and Archives to Contact[edit | edit source]

Finding the Town of Origin in Iraq[edit | edit source]

If you are using emigration/immigration records to find the name of your ancestors' town in Iraq, see Iraq Finding Town of Origin for additional research strategies.

Iraq Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

"Emigration" means moving out of a country. "Immigration" means moving into a country.
Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups.


Immigration into Iraq[edit | edit source]

Emigration From Iraq[edit | edit source]

Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations[edit | edit source]

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png One option is to look for records about the ancestor in the country of destination, the country they immigrated into. See links to immigration records for major destination countries below.

For Further Reading[edit | edit source]

There are additional sources listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

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References[edit | edit source]

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