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The Iraqi Diaspora
The Iraqi Diaspora is not a sudden exodus but one that has grown exponentially through the 20th century as each generation faced some form of radical transition or political conflict. The Iraqi Diaspora in United States are Americans who identify as being of Iraqi ancestry and hey may be of varying ethnicities and religions, including Arabs, Assyrians, Kurds, Armenians, Jews, Mandeans, Muslims, Christians, and Yazidis. The number of Iraqi Americans is around 140,000, according to the Arab American Institute.
According to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, 49,006 Iraqi members of the Diaspora immigrated to the United States between 1989 and 2001 and 25,710 Iraqi-born immigrants naturalized between 1991 and 2001. However, the 2000 United States Census reported that there were approximately 90,000 immigrants born in Iraq residing in the United States. The history of emigration and of the diaspora community then drastically changed with the invasion of Iraq in 2003. There are many sources claiming different amounts of displaced Iraqis. Some claim as low as 1.2 million people have left Iraq, while others claim this number to be around 4-5 million. It is difficult to gauge an accurate number of Iraqi of the in other nations because of the constant outflow of Iraqis.
According to UN statistics on displaced Iraqis around the world as of September 2007, Syria and Jordan are absorbing 44 per cent of displaced Iraqis globally. Other countries have also received Iraqis. Egypt, which has pledged to end Iraqi immigration, already has 150,000 ethnic Iraqi people. The United Kingdom, whose Iraqi population comes largely if not entirely from before the 2003 Iraq war, has a population numbering between 250,000 and half a million. Iran also has approximately 204,000 Iraqi expatriates. And, in Lebanon, notably due to West of Syria has 100,000 refugees. Sweden has allowed 18,000 refugees to enter, by far the most of any European country.
Source: Wikipedia
Last Update: August 2016
The Iraqi Diaspora is not a sudden exodus but one that has grown exponentially through the 20th century as each generation faced some form of radical transition or political conflict. The Iraqi Diaspora in United States are Americans who identify as being of Iraqi ancestry and hey may be of varying ethnicities and religions, including Arabs, Assyrians, Kurds, Armenians, Jews, Mandeans, Muslims, Christians, and Yazidis. The number of Iraqi Americans is around 140,000, according to the Arab American Institute.
According to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, 49,006 Iraqi members of the Diaspora immigrated to the United States between 1989 and 2001 and 25,710 Iraqi-born immigrants naturalized between 1991 and 2001. However, the 2000 United States Census reported that there were approximately 90,000 immigrants born in Iraq residing in the United States. The history of emigration and of the diaspora community then drastically changed with the invasion of Iraq in 2003. There are many sources claiming different amounts of displaced Iraqis. Some claim as low as 1.2 million people have left Iraq, while others claim this number to be around 4-5 million. It is difficult to gauge an accurate number of Iraqi of the in other nations because of the constant outflow of Iraqis.
According to UN statistics on displaced Iraqis around the world as of September 2007, Syria and Jordan are absorbing 44 per cent of displaced Iraqis globally. Other countries have also received Iraqis. Egypt, which has pledged to end Iraqi immigration, already has 150,000 ethnic Iraqi people. The United Kingdom, whose Iraqi population comes largely if not entirely from before the 2003 Iraq war, has a population numbering between 250,000 and half a million. Iran also has approximately 204,000 Iraqi expatriates. And, in Lebanon, notably due to West of Syria has 100,000 refugees. Sweden has allowed 18,000 refugees to enter, by far the most of any European country.
Source: Wikipedia
Last Update: August 2016
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