“The Iraqi Red Crescent voiced ‘deep sorry’ for statements recently made by Iraqi officials on the situation of displaced people in Iraq, underlining that has nothing to do with the real situation of those displaced.
“The Iraqi body voiced in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) that it is ‘deeply sorry’ for the statement made by some officials regarding the real situation of displaced people inside Iraq, mainly downplaying the sufferings and harsh circumstances they are facing.
“The Red Crescent had said in a report last week that ‘the number of displaced people in Iraq only reached 2.3 million.’”
I can’t decide which disturbs me more: That it is already well known, from the most recent estimates, that there are well over 4 million Iraqi refugees as of 2007, or that The Red Crescent had the gall to use the word ‘ONLY’ in the same sentence as 2.3 million refugees.
According to the UN Refugee Agency, “since the end of the Cold War, the number of people uprooted by conflict, ethnic strife and human rights violations has soared. In 2004 there were between 20-25 million internally displaced persons.”
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This means that Iraqis represent between 17% to 21% of the world’s refugees, the sole cause for which has been the American invasion and occupation of Iraq.
This is a global catastrophe caused by the United States and the UK, then why is it that only 7,000 Iraqi refugees have been allowed to enter the US?
How oblivious are we to what we have done?
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News: Invaders and allies ignore Iraq's humanitarian crisis - “Those who were most gung-ho about the invasion and occupation of Iraq have been the least helpful in mopping up the mess there. Those least enthusiastic have ended up bearing the greatest burden.
“The United States and Britain have accepted only a handful of the 4.2 million displaced Iraqis. Ditto Kuwait, which was the most bellicose of America's pro-war Arab allies. Ditto Saudi Arabia, that other staunch American ally. It has shut its border with Iraq, and plans to fortify it with a $2 billion fence…
“Jordan (population, 5.7 million) has taken 800,000. That's the equivalent of France welcoming 8 million Iraqi refugees, Germany 11 million and the U.S. 40 million.
“Syria (population, 18 million) has taken 1.2 million Iraqis. That's like Canada taking 2.2 million refugees…
“Sweden, which also opposed the war, has accepted tens of thousands of Iraqis, 20,000 this year alone, the most of any Western nation…
“Yet Britain has admitted fewer than 500 Iraqis. Washington promised to take 7,000 this year but in the 13 months since Oct. 1 last year (when it began tracking Iraqi refugee admissions), it has admitted only 2,084. Canada has taken fewer than 3,000 since 2003.”