A second exodus has begun here, of Iraqis who returned after fleeing the carnage of the height of the war, but now find that violence and the nation's...
Margaret Aguirre | Posted 05.25.2011
Fatma, 11, is one of a dozen children at the activities center International Medical Corps operates for Iraqi refugees. I can only imagine what horrors have unfolded before her eyes.
Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.25.2011
The Iraqi refugee tragedy continues to unfold. It is time for proactive policy and action, for Americans to make friends of the people we were seeking to help by doing the right things.
Anne C. Richard | Posted 05.25.2011
These three shared an outspoken passion for the cause of aiding refugees and other victims of oppression, war and poverty, but they also shared something rarer: the ability to translate concern into action.
Yasmin Zaher | Posted 05.25.2011
The deeper one delves into the issue, the more Iraqis face injustice and the more peculiar the case of the Danish government appears.
Joseph Freeman | Posted 05.25.2011
Iraqi students Fouad and Ahmed feel thrilled to traverse the unknown landscape of an enormous country, a place whose people and policies have had such an impact on their unlikely fates.
Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.25.2011
Why is there still no US-formulated "international strategic plan" to deal with the world's largest refugee crisis caused when our nation invaded Iraq over 6 years ago? On World Refugee Day, we can do better.
Ken Bacon | Posted 05.25.2011
When President Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki in Baghdad last week, he mentioned the U.S. interest in helping displaced Iraqis return home.
Freddy Deknatel | Posted 05.25.2011
Khalid and Hussein are friends from Baghdad, though Hussein in his forties is a bit older. He is Shi'i; Khalid is Sunni. None of this matters to them.
Ken Bacon | Posted 05.25.2011
The number of Iraqi refugees is too large to resettle into neighboring countries. Therefore, the only real, long-term solution to the Iraqi displacement problem is return to Iraq.
Luis Carlos Montalván and Tyler Boudreau | Posted 05.25.2011
Iraq refugees say the reason they will not return to Iraq is that it is too dangerous and unlivable. Yet living conditions in Jordan are arduous. They wait for a miracle, because that is all that is left.
Karin Zeitvogel | Posted 05.25.2011
Welcome to Jabal al-Jofa, one of Amman's poorest neighbourhoods, and home to Ahmed Thahir and his family, refugees from Iraq. We had chosen Amman, Jordan as the venue of the mission, and tonight's visit was aimed at giving us greater insight into how the most destitute of refugees live.
Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.25.2011
Every American should hold their head in shame at how our government can't scrounge enough cash to offer asylum to more Iraqis fleeing violence.
James Denselow | Posted 05.25.2011
An often unnoticed tragedy hidden beneath so much of the bloodshed emanating from Iraq is the targeted killing and subsequent flight of minority groups from the country.
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011
The lack of attention paid to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq by Pres. Bush and by the candidates for his job affects people there by sending a message to decision-makers here: Their lives are not a priority.
JB Powell | Posted 05.25.2011
Hillary never understood: the war in Iraq is not even remotely close to welfare reform or any other partisan slap fight of the last several decades. It's the most disastrous foreign policy decision since Vietnam.
New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week, Iraq's minister of displacement and migration, Abdul-Samad Rahman Sultan, announced that 1,600 Iraqis were returning every day, which works...
New York Times | JOHN LELAND | Posted 05.25.2011