Possible 1 Million Iraqi will have left Iraq by years end

AP's article on the mass displacement of Iraqis due to the ongoing civil war:

Unrelenting violence and insecurity in Iraq could cause as many as 1 million Iraqis to flee their homes this year, the world's migration body said Friday.

"The numbers of people that are being displaced are increasing every day," said Jemini Pandaya, spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration. "The security situation is not improving. It's not changing."

Pandaya said the organization's estimate was made "on the assumption that security conditions will continue much as they are."

The possibility of neighboring countries, such as Syria, closing their borders would mean even more of the displaced would only be able to get as far as other parts of Iraq.

On Thursday, the U.N. refugee agency appealed to the European Union to do more to protect refugees fleeing Iraq, saying the war was the cause of the biggest displacement of people in the Middle East in recent history.

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Recently, President Bush said he would allow more Iraqis in this country.

Before we invaded their country, this was not the case. Saddam was bad but people had electricity and water. Had they put the Iraqis to work rebuilding their country right after the invasion, much of this would not be necessary.