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*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. | ||
*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. | *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''' | *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)'''. | *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 diaspora", 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 diaspora", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas#I, accessed 17 July 2021.</ref> | ||