The UN High Commissioner for Refugees declared on Friday that the bulk of the refugees in Iraq live in the Region of Kurdistan in the north of the country. The UNHCR, in its annual report ...
“I felt I was to blame. Because I am a Syrian refugee, they didn’t have the papers they needed.” Originally from Syria, Abu Faisal recalls how the last decade has been filled with challenges, ...
All told similar stories of fleeing Iraq under militia threats, and finding themselves stuck in Turkey waiting on drawn-out resettlement applications. There are nearly 13,000 refugees and another ...
An Iraqi Kurd refugee has burnt to death in a car crash but his passenger was pulled free of the wreckage by a passing motorcyclist. The car, driven by the 21-year-old Iraqi, crashed into a ...
A fellow refugee was on the ground nearby in the dangerous ... a 20,000-mile trip that ultimately culminated in the Iraqi barber arriving in San Luis Obispo County. Despite the obstacles he ...
A significant number of Iraqi refugees are among the country’s most vulnerable minority populations, including Palestinians, Christians, Shia Kurds, Jews and the near extinct Mandeans. The Mandeans of ...