Iraq’s Refugee Crisis
Since the invasion of Iraq four years ago, all countries combined have offered a permanent home to approximately the same number of Iraqi refugees as flee the country in just five days. With roughly 40,000 Iraqis now fleeing the violence each month, the US must take the lead in attending to the refugees' needs
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Among the many humanitarian disasters produced by the civil war now raging in Iraq is one that is almost invisible. Only rarely do scenes of massive displacement of the civilian population make it onto our television screens, because, unlike bombs and suicide attacks, displacement does not generate the blood, fire, or screams that constitutes compelling footage. Yet the numbers are staggering: each month, some 40,000 Iraqis flee their homes because of the war. Half of them go to other parts of Iraq; the rest go abroad.