But many don’t feel it’s safe enough yet. From Reuters:
BAGHDAD – Iraq appealed on Monday for scientists living abroad to return home and use their expertise to help rebuild their homeland’s economy after years of war.
For decades Iraq boasted one of the most highly educated populations in the Middle East, and the government spent large amounts of its oil wealth to train its brightest individuals, sending many overseas to study at prestigious universities.
In the meantime we see Iraqis arriving in the US only to live in poverty, apparently pressured into coming here by the government contractors who make their living off refugees.
Wouldn’t it make more sense and cost us much less, if Iraq’s educated professionals were cared for in the region and kept safe until they could return to Iraq. We could share the cost with the Iraqi government and it would be a win-win situation all around.