While the Iraqi government is encouraging return of displaced Iraqis back to their home country the UNHCR and other NGOs are still clear that the conditions on the ground are not adequate for them to return. The 2008 BBC documentary The Hard Way Home follows three Iraqi families in Syria and their attempts to survive and navigate the bureaucracy of aid.

Here are parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

fewer iraqis seeking asylum

Was the headline of a story about a 10% decrease since the previous year, according to the LA times, but still keeping their status as the single largest group of asylum seekers.



Yet for some reason this summer Germany moved for EU member countries to postpone increasing their intake of Iraqi refugees untill September.