Updated: Iraq Research Guide
The research guide on Iraq has been updated to reflect rising levels of displacement and other recent developments. Since 2003, UNHCR estimates that at least 2 million Iraqis have left Iraq and a further 1 million have been displaced inside the country. One in eight Iraqis has been forcibly uprooted, and according to UNHCR estimates, some 40,000 to 60,000 are leaving their homes on a monthly basis. There are an estimated 1.4 million Iraqis seeking refuge in Syria and a further 750,000 in Jordan. See also the resource summary which highlights a selection of web-based resources that focus on Iraq.
UPDATE: Also worth noting, the NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq have published a series of 6 briefing papers summarizing current issues, trends and lessons learned facing operational humanitarian organisations in Iraq. The papers address the following areas:
- Adapting to Insecurity in Iraq
- Operational Modalities
- Personnel Management
- Interactions Between Aid and Conflict
- Humanitarian - Military Interactions
- Perceptions of Humanitarianism
February 5th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
i am one of those refugees in syria. i’m here in damascus since 1999 and nothing had happened. every year i just renew my document and that is it.
The new comers like the members of baath party and also the translators or those who lie to them can have some rights. resettlement is one of those rights but not mine. I was in jail during the era of saddam because i was only a poet and a writer.
The UNHCR workers in here are getting bribes from those newcomers and are changing some names to let them have a better life and i continue my suffering.