Within the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq. representatives from Iraqi Christian communities hold five out of 100 seats. Because the Assyrian community is so very small. such a minority in Iraq with one representative in national politics. funding for reconstruction. housing and education are parceled out to those who control the villages and the regions where they reside without sufficient transparency to ensure the proper parity. The visible result of these misallocations has been the emigration of as many as 80.000 Iraqi Christians since the fall of Saddam Husseins regime. The majority of these individuals. approximately 50.000. have fled to Syria. while others have spread out to Jordan. the Gulf Emirates and Turkey. all living in desperate circumstances as refugees from their homes. This needs to be dealt with. If a fully functioning and sustainable democracy is to emerge in Iraq. the basic rights and needs of all minority groups must be safeguarded.
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