 Iraqi Resources
Background Information on the Conflict in Iraq
Amnesty International (2007). Amnesty International Report 2007 – Iraq.
thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Middle-East-and-North-Africa/Iraq
Associated Press (2007). “Pope Worried for Christians in Iraq.”
www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/21/794055-pope-worried-for-christians-in-iraq
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State (2006). Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Iraq.
www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78853.htm
Christians of Iraq.
www.christiansofiraq.com
Colville, Rupert, ed. UNHCR (2007). “Iraq Bleeds: Millions Displaced by Conflict, Persecution and Violence,” Refugees, No 146, Issue 2.
www.rcusa.org/uploads/pdfs/Refugees,%20Iraq%20Bleeds,%20No146,%2 02007.pdf
Human Rights Watch (2003). Off Target: The Conduct of the War and Civilian Casualties in Iraq.
Summary and Recommendations: hrw.org/reports/2003/usa1203/usa1203_sumrecs.pdf
Complete Report: hrw.org/reports/2003/usa1203/usa1203.pdf
Human Rights Watch (2005). A Face and a Name: Civilian Victims of Insurgent Groups in Iraq.
hrw.org/reports/2005/iraq1005/iraq1005.pdf
International Committee of the Red Cross (2007). “Civilians Without Protection: The Ever-Worsening Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq." www.rcusa.org/uploads/pdfs/Civilians%20Without%20Protection,%20ICRC,%204-11- 07.pdf
Refugees International (2006). “Iraqi Refugees: Stories of Persecution and Flight.”
www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9683
Refugees International (2007). “Iraq: The World's Fastest Growing Refugee Crisis.”
www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9679
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Humanitarian News and Analysis on Iraq.
www.irinnews.org/ME-Country.aspx?Country=IQ
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (2006). World Refugee Survey (Middle East).
www.refugees.org/mideast.aspx
UNHCR (2007). 2006 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Person.
www.unhcr.org/statistics/STATISTICS/4676a71d4.pdf
UNHCR. The Iraq Situation.
www.unhcr.org/iraq.html
UNHCR (2007). Human Rights Watch World Report 2007 - Iraq - January 2007.
www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd/rsddocview.html?tbl=RSDCOI&id=45aca2a016
UNICEF. Iraq.
www.unicef.org/infobycountry/iraq.html
Younés, Kristéle. (2007). The Iraqi Refugee Crisis. Foreign Policy in Focus.
www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4059
Younés, Kristéle (2007). Refugees International. “The World's Fastest Growing Displacement Crisis." www.rcusa.org/uploads/pdfs/RI,%20Fastest%20Growing%20Displacement %20Crisis,%20March%2007.pdf
Experiences in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon/Refugee Camp Assessments
al-Khalidi, Ashraf, Hoffman, Sophia, & Tanner, Victor. (2007). “Iraqi Refugees in the Syrian Arab Republic: A Field-Based Snapshot.” The Brookings Institution.
www3.brookings.edu/fp/projects/idp/200706iraq.pdf
Frelick, Bill. (2007). “Iraqis Denied Right to Asylum.” Forced Migration Review.
www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/Iraq/11.pdf
Ghazal, Rym (2006). Daily Star, “Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon: Illegal and Nowhere to Go: At Any Moment We Can Be Detained or Deported.”
www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1693
Human Rights First. “The Iraqi Refugee Crisis – Overview.”
www.humanrightsfirst.org/asylum/asylum_13_iraqi_refugees.asp
Human Rights First. The Iraqi Refugee Crisis. “Meet an Iraqi Refugee: ‘Ali,’ Age 40.”
www.humanrightsfirst.org/asylum/issues/iraq/profiles/refugee_iraq_ali.asp
Human Rights First. The Iraqi Refugee Crisis. “Meet an Iraqi Refugee: ‘Mirah,’ Age 27.”
www.humanrightsfirst.org/asylum/issues/iraq/profiles/refugee_iraq_mirah.asp
Human Rights Watch. (2007). Iraq: From a Flood to a Trickle: Neighboring States Stop Iraqis Fleeing War and Persecution.
hrw.org/backgrounder/refugees/iraq0407/
Human Rights Watch (2006). “The Silent Treatment: Fleeing Iraq, Surviving in Jordan.”
www.hrw.org/reports/2006/jordan1106/
Human Rights Watch (2003). Flight From Iraq: Attacks on Refugees and Other Foreigners and Their Treatment in Jordan.
hrw.org/reports/2003/iraqjordan/
Husarka, Anna. International Rescue Committee (2007). “A Tale of 10 Post-its: The Depressing Fate of Iraqi Refugees.”
www.theirc.org/news/a-tale-of-10-post-its-0620.html
Husarka, Anna. International Rescue Committee (2007). Iraq’s Refugee Crisis.
www.theirc.org/news/iraqs-refugee-crisis0531.html
International Rescue Committee (2007). “With Iraqi Refugees in Jordan.” www.theirc.org/news/with-iraqi-refugees-in-jordan.html
International Rescue Committee (2007). “Iraq’s Refugee Nightmare: The Exiles.”
www.theirc.org/news/iraqs-refugee-nightmare-the.html
IRIN. Iraqi Refugees in Syria (Online video).
www.irinnews.org/audiofiles/180420071.wmv
Refugees International (2006). “Refugee Voices: An Iraqi Refugee Living in Insecurity in Damascus.”
www.refintl.org/content/article/detail/7649/
Refugees International (2007). “Iraq: U.S. Response to Displacement Remains Inadequate.”
www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9993/
Refugees International (2007). “Portrait of an Iraqi Refugee in Amman: A Cancer Patient’s Struggle.”
www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/10056
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Humanitarian News and Analysis on Jordan.
www.irinnews.org/ME-Country.aspx?Country=JO
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Humanitarian News and Analysis on Syria.
www.irinnews.org/ME-Country.aspx?Country=SY
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Campaign to End Warehousing: Country Campaign Pages.
www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1443&rid=1179&subm=33&ssm=87&ar ea=Investigate&
UNHCR (2007). Resettlement of Iraqi Refugees.
www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd/rsddocview.pdf?tbl=RSDLEGAL&id=45b626f04
UNHCR (2007). Strategy for the Iraq Situation.
www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd/rsddocview.pdf?tbl=RSDLEGAL&id=45b6258b4
UNHCR (2006). Return Advisory and Position on International Protection Needs of Iraqis Outside Iraq.
www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rsd/rsddocview.pdf?tbl=RSDLEGAL&id=458baf6f4
UNHCR. “Iraqis in Syria.” (Online video)
www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/iraq?page=video
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (2006). UNHCR Turkey Gender and Children Team - 5 Years On: Accomplishments, Broader Applications and Recommendations.
www.womenscommission.org/pdf/TR.pdf
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children (2007). From the Field.
“‘Can you help us?’ Iraqi refugees in Jordan.”
www.womenscommission.org/fromthefield/jordan/061507.php
Material Support
Husarka, Anna. International Rescue Committee (2007). “Victims of Terror Aren’t Terrorists.”
www.theirc.org/news/victims-of-terror-arent-terrorists0425.html
International Rescue Committee (2007). The Price of Name is Death.
www.theirc.org/news/the-price-of-a-name-is-death.html
Women and Children’s Issues (also see trafficking section)
Duin, Julia. (2007). Christian Orphans Stuck in Limbo in Iraq.
www.nineveh.com/Christian%20Orphans%20Stuck%20in%20Limbo%20in%20Ir aq.html
Human Rights Watch (2003). Background on Women’s Status in Iraq Prior to the Fall of the Saddam Hussein Government.
hrw.org/backgrounder/wrd/iraq-women.htm
Human Rights Watch (2003). Climate of Fear: Sexual Violence and Abduction of Women and Girls in Baghdad.
hrw.org/reports/2003/iraq0703/iraq0703.pdf
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children. (2007). Assistance for Displaced Iraqi Women, Children and Youth Must Become a Global Priority.
www.womenscommission.org/newsroom/press_releases/012907.shtml
World Vision. Trapped! Unlocking the Future of Iraqi Refugee Children. (Report and videos).
www.iraqichildrentrapped.org/
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Humanitarian News and Analysis. “IRAQ: Ibraheem Jaffer, Iraq ‘Every day the kidnappers said they’d kill me’”
www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=69927
UNICEF (2007). Immediate Needs for Iraqi Children in Iraq and Neighbouring Countries.www.unicef.org/french/media/files/Final_immediate_needs_Iraq_(17May07).pdf
Education
Frelick, Bill (2006). Going to school — a right not to be ignored.www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/24/jordan14070.htm
Human Rights Watch. (2006). Jordan – Iraqi Refugee Children Denied the Right to Going to School.
www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=10024
World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe office. (2007). Iraqi refugee children begin education programmes.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/wvmeero/5c0d45577b594bec43ad9d81e9 66327f.htm
Trafficking
Philips, Joshua E.S. PeaceWomen. “Unveiling Iraq's Teenage Prostitutes.”
www.peacewomen.org/news/Iraq/June05/Iraqiteens.htm
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Humanitarian News and Analysis on Iraq. “IRAQ-SYRIA: Sex traffickers target women in war-torn Iraq.”
www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=61903
Zoepf, Katherine. New York Times (2007). “Desperate Iraqi Refugees Turn to Sex Trade in Syria.”
www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/world/middleeast/29syria.html?ex=1338091 200&en=11adb9d409d721b0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Zoepf, Katherine. New York Times (2007). The Reach of War: Iraqi Refugees, in Desperation, Turn to the Sex Trade in Syria.
select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10617FD3F540C7A8EDDAC08 94DF404482
For Resettlement Staff and Other Service Providers in the U.S.
Robson, Barbara (1995). The Iraqis: Their History and Culture
www.cal.org/co/iraqi/index.html
Robson, Barbara (1995). The Iraqi Kurds: Their History and Culture, Refugee Fact Sheet.
www.cal.org/co/kurds/index.html
Zebari, Chiman. “Homeland Divided.” (Online radio).
www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1288