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Refugees from Iraq

Refugees from Iraq

In the last three decades of the 20th century many people fled war and persecution in the Middle East. Refugees who arrived in New Zealand from Iraq in 1998 included family groups, with both young and elderly members.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP-Ethnology-General, Ethnic groups in New Zealand-07

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Ann Beaglehole, 'Refugees - 1970s–2003: refugee groups', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/1108/refugees-from-iraq (accessed 9 May 2024)

Story by Ann Beaglehole, published 8 Feb 2005