Iraqi Immigration

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By highlighting Iraqi immigration to the West over the past three decades, this paper demonstrates that the majority are forced into immigration due to Iraq's intolerable political and economic circumstances, which are made worse by wars. The paper includes examples of abuse against minorities. It looks at the aim of immigration, including a chance to work, to earn a suitable living, and the opportunity to educate their children. The paper examines the immigration laws of countries, such as Britain and Iran, as well as the European Union, and examines security issues.

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"Arab immigrants, including refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants, leave their countries for reasons due to the unfavorable political and economic climate of Arab nations. Most of the twenty-two Arab countries have undemocratic governments which neither respect the concept of human rights nor their own national human rights laws. Egypt, considered one of the moderate Arab countries, prosecutes homosexuals, tortures and imprisons them. Sudan, a radical Arab country, abuses and prosecutes its Christian population. In Lebanon, one of the most liberal Arab countries, most of the religious groups prosecute one another. Saudi Arabia, which considers itself to represent Islam, does not even appear to recognize the humanness of women. Considering that these abuses are also occurring, mostly, in economic climates of extreme poverty, some Arabs find life in their countries unbearable. This feeling encourages them to immigrate with the dream that they might become citizens of a country which will protect and respect their humanity, give them the chance to work and earn a suitable living and offer them the opportunity to educate their children and give them the chance to have a better future. One can appreciate and sympathize with the causes for Arab immigration but must also understand the effects it has on immigrant countries as a way of comprehending why immigrants are often unwelcome and mistreated. Highlighting Iraqi immigration to the West over the past three decades will demonstrate that the majority are forced into immigration due to Iraq's intolerable political and economic circumstances, made worse by wars. However, few Iraqis found welcoming environments in their immigrant countries and are forced to live as second class citizens because of popular anti-immigration feelings among the citizens of those countries, motivated by the belief that this phenomenon has negative political and economic effects."

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