Violence Pushes Refugees in Iraq to One Million Share Share LinkedIn X Facebook Permalink By immigrationprof June 21, 2014 CNN reports that a flood of Iraqis trying to escape fighting doubled the country’s displaced population almost overnight. More than 1.1 million people — nearly one out of 30 — in Iraq are now displaced. KJ Related articles Emergency Shelters Relief And Refuge For New Yorkers In Hurricane Sandy Iran Has Hastily Sent 500 Revolutionary Guard Corps Troops to Iraq Because of Al Qaeda Offensive UNICEF Airlifts Humanitarian Supplies For Displaced, Conflict-Affected Children In Iraq Iraqi Christians flee homes amid militant push UN Sounds Alarm on Iraq Violence’s Grave Threat to Children U.S. Culpability in the Worldwide Expansion of MS 13 Extension of Special Immigrant Visas Sought for Iraqis and Afghans Iraqi Christians flee homes amid militant push Posted in: Current Affairs