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A Refugee's Personal Account
February 4, 2007
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| Shortly after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Uday, 30, left Baghdad and moved to the northern part of the country. As security deteriorated across Iraq and after many threats to his life and the death of his brother, his family suggested he flee to Jordan. Three years ago, Uday became one of the nearly 2 million Iraqis - about 10 percent of the pre-war population - who have embarked on a desperate migration, mostly to Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. He left behind his family, his country and the woman he planned to marry and now lives as an illegal Iraqi immigrant in Amman, the Jordanian capital. Uday, a college graduate, cannot get permission to work, and every day he fears being deported back to his war-torn country. |
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