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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Monday, January 22, 2007

(Refugee flows per the latest UN report.)

So you have 10% of displaced population, Bush has seen worse...

By Anonymous, at 9:37 AM
Are you referring to yesterday's article that New Orleans will likely only end up with 50-60% of its population before Katrina?

By mikevotes, at 10:29 AM
Why no migration to Saudia Arabia?

By Anonymous, at 12:32 AM
Saudi Arabia is ruled by a Islamic fundamentalists. Iraq was a secular regime prior to invasion. If you were, for example, a university educated women from Baghdad you wouldn't think of moving anywhere like Saudi Arabia.

By best modern design, at 7:27 AM
Why are no migration figures shown for Iran? Since many Iranians are travelling to Iraqi religious sites for various religious holidays there must certainly be travel in the other direction by some shia population that feel threatened by sunnis.

By Anonymous, at 1:01 PM
Anonymous said Why no migration to Saudia Arabia?

Saudi Arabia is not really allowing refugees in, mainly due to security concerns. Pretty tough for any foreigners to be allowed in period.

Also as acoustiss notes, even if refugees were welcomed into Saudi Arabia, Christians, secular Iraqis, academics and others still would probably prefer not to seek refuge in a puritanical repressive Islamic state.

By Matteo Tomasini, at 11:28 AM