CRISIS AND REFUGEE ORGANIZATIONS
Refugees International: The Iraq Displacement Crisis
Human Rights First: The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: An Overview
International Crisis Group: Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon"
Amnesty International: Iraqi Refugees Facing Desperate Situation
INFORMATION ON SYRIA, JORDAN, AND IRAQ
Pulitzer Center's Project on Iraq
State Department Background Notes on Syria
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Syria and Jordan: The Iraqi Exodus
An exodus of more than 2 million Iraqis is reshaping the Middle East -- with ominous implications for the region.
Driven out of Iraq and into neighboring countries by sectarian violence, a once prosperous middle class is drawing down savings -- and fueling local resentments. The newcomers are blamed for burdening public services, crowding schools and driving up housing costs, even as they struggle for survival.
Iraqi Professionals are reduced to accepting handouts. Children are going unschooled. Girls are turning to prostitution.
Iraq, meanwhile, is missing a population vital to its peaceful reconstruction.
Matthew Hay Brown travels to Syria and Jordan, the countries that have taken in the greatest number of Iraqis, to record the voices of a new diaspora -- and to explore what their dispersal means for the future of Iraq, and of the Middle East.
Matthew is the Pulitzer Center World Affairs Journalism Fellow at the International Center for Journalists. Learn more about ICFJ fellows.
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Iraq: Death of a Nation? (revisited)
Matthew Hay Brown
Matthew Hay Brown is a Washington Correspondent for The Baltimore Sun. He has reported in English and Spanish from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East . He has written for The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Christian Science Monitor, among others ... click on name above for full bio.
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INFORMATION ON REFUGEE CRISIS
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: The Iraq Situation
State Department: Iraq Refugee Protection and Assistance
American Friends Service Committee Iraqi Refugee and IDP Assessment Summary Report
Georgetown Institute for the Study of International Migration