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	Email this page Current News in Context July 31, 2006 Number of Iraqi Refugees Swells Michael Georgy cites a report from the Iraqi Migration Ministry on the creation of more than 180,000 internal refugees following the February 22 bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra. These figures are based on families claiming aid from the government and exclude thousands who have left the country or are staying with relatives. The figures are certainly higher. Number of Iraqi Refugees Swells By: Michael Georgy Raging sectarian violence has pushed up the number of refugees in Iraq by 20,000 in the last 10 days alone, the migration ministry said on Monday. It said in a statement the total number of people displaced has reached 182,154. The crisis is likely to be far graver because ministry figures include only those who formally ask for aid within the country, some of them living in tented camps. By excluding thousands fleeing abroad or quietly seeking refuge with relatives, officials accept the data is an underestimate. The figure of 182,154, based on the ministry's data of 30,359 families, is the number of those claiming aid since the February 22 bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra sparked a new phase of killing by Shi'ites and minority Sunni groups. Some 27,744 people have fled Baghdad alone in the past five months. More and more houses are boarded up in the capital and many shops in once bustling commercial districts have shut after being threatened with violence or attacked. Comments: Post a Comment ^ Top of page		Search site Email Updates Sign Up to Have Posts Emailed to You Recent Posts Dreams and Nightmares: A Memorial on Life and Deat... Peace Plan for National Reconciliation Summary of Congressional Actions \| Bases & Oil \| W... Security Summit to be Hosted in Tehran Iraq Freedom Congress Call Congress TODAY for Iraq Policy Debate Death Squads \| Why Haditha Matters \| National Call... Slideshow \| Haditha \| Action Alerts \| Declaration... June 7: National Call-in Day on discharge petition... How the Bush Administration Deconstructed Iraq Archives October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 April 2007 Atom Feed