- News Home
- UK
- World
- Society
- Politics
- Business & Money
- Science & Technology
- Sport
- Arts & Entertainment
- Weather
Will Iraq's entrepreneurs return?
Will Iraq's entrepreneurs return?
Last Modified: 21 Mar 2008
By:
Jon Snow
Outside Iraq, Sunnis and Shias live side by side, united by the adversity they've suffered together in their homeland.
In Jordan, Iraqi refugees have established themselves as better-off entrepreneurs, just the sort of people Iraq needs now but will that valuable human resource makes its way home or stay put?
Watch the report
The International Migration Organisation, the global authority on movements of people, says 5.1 million Iraqis have fled their homes, 2.7 million have been internally displaced and more than 2 million are now finding refuge in Syria and Jordan.
Many hundreds of thousands have gone elsewhere, including thousands to the United Kingdom.
Share this article
The invasion turns five - a special Iraq season.
Iraq: The Fallout »
Iraq: The Fallout in the News
Iraq: The Fallout in Current Affairs
-
Watch Iraq videos »
Click play above to see the latest Iraq reports and the best of our video archive .
>>Iraq: The Fallout -
Iraq Interactive Map »
A fresh perspective & retrospective on five years of war in Iraq
-
Video archive »
Iraq: five years, five films - as chosen by the Channel 4 News foreign unit.
-
Battle For Haditha »
Watch clips from the film plus a Q&A with director Nick Broomfield.
-
Saddam in Dujail »
The day they tried to kill Saddam. Original archive footage.
-
Was it worth it? »
Five years on, Lindsey Hilsum reflects on what the war in Iraq has meant.
-
Ten must read Iraqi blogs »
Where to go to for the latest views from Iraq.
-
Iraq by numbers »
The human, military and economic cost of the Iraq war
