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Iraq remains one of the most dangerous places in the world. Its refugee crisis is worsening. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), since the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, an estimated 4.7 million have been displaced both within and outside Iraq and for many the situation is desperate.

A new report by Amnesty International, Rhetoric and reality: the Iraqi refugee crisis, says that the international community continues to fail to respond to the crisis in a meaningful way. Countries like Jordan and Syria host most of the refugees but are simply not equipped to meet the needs of all those arriving.

Syria alone may be hosting more than a million refugees. As of 2007, only 1 percent of the total Iraqi displaced population was estimated to be in the industrialized world.

To mark World Refugee Day, Amnesty International has called on the international community and, in particular, those states who participated in the US-led invasion of Iraq, to take real steps to alleviate the suffering of those displaced. The organization said these countries must urgently act on their responsibility to assist the host nations and humanitarian organizations operating in the region to support the large numbers of refugees.

Many families are destitute and facing impossible choices and new risks, like having to resort to child labour and the prospect of being forced through circumstances to undertake "voluntary" return to Iraq.
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6 responses // 4.7 million Iraqis have been displaced since 2003

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    The USA and collation countries need to have a budget for this byproduct of (an illegal) war. And if the (criminal) administration opens its (blind) eyes, they will see whats happening (and not what they want you to believe).

    I've met some cool Iraqis in America and Europe and it seems like to red tape the American (criminal) administration has put in force keeps these people in a state of (unnecessary) prolonged limbo. The (lying) Bush (flawed) administration and its (lying) followers are in the same mode as the (corrupt) Israeli Government (and its clowns).

    WorldPeaceTV
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    If Americans (yes the PEOPLE not just the administration) had any dignity and worth they would realize that they need to immediately start paying massive reparations to Iraq for their illegal and genocidal attack.

    Wake up Americans!!! You screwed up and if you had any honor you'd pay for your mistakes.

    Sadly we all know Americans have lost any of the redeemable qualities we once thought they had and they will never pay for their mistakes.

    They already have begun washing their hands of the responsibilty by blamming their government and calling it Bush's war. Ridiculous.

    It's garbage. There are millions of innocent people who have had their lives destroyed because the American PEOPLE have become too passive to actually exert their influence over their civil servants.

    As the USA systematically ignores the cries of the UN and international human rights organizations the only people left with the power to steer the American's elected officials are the PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. If they fail to exercise this duty, then the blame rests not with the corrupt war mongering bastards who sit in office but those citizens that afford them that position.

    If you are American and you are reading this YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE.

    You should give up your comfortable way of life and repay the innocent people whose lives you've allowed to be destroyed.

    No one cares who you voted for or what you believe. Your country has behaved very badly and now should pay for it.

    I've got an idea: how about diverting all of your military funding for the next ten years directly to rebuilding the iraqi people's infrastructure and supplying humanitarian aid?

    Naw, that'll never happen. Americans will only do what is easiest and it's easiest to do nothing.

    I beg you to prove me wrong.

    Every time I hear about these poor people in Iraq I feel sick and ashamed of Americans.

    I cannot believe the utter contempt I now have for the American people.

    I used to be such a HUGE fan of America. I dreamed of living there most of my life.

    Now I can barely look an American person in the face without being sick.

    That said, it's not too late too do the right thing.

    I'd be happy to eat my words. Please, by all means, surprise me and do the right thing America.

    I dare you.

    iloveravi
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    This is a problem.These refuges are not only hurt physically but also mentally.They have no homes and are separated from the country they belong to.I see alot of these people fighting back .So I hope the new administration in the U.S.A set up a base in Iraq and try to rebuild the country our something.Why must innocent people suffer.This is definetly crossing the line.

    powerup
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    And this is why "violence is down" in Iraq as the GOP is fond of bragging about when they claim "the surge is working."

    barkway
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkdBYxvzD-0

    never forget the children

    fuckbush

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