“The U.N.’s High Commissioner for Refugees said earlier this month [November 2006] that up to 2,000 Iraqis a day are going to Syria and an additional 1,000 a day to Jordan. Overall, the High Commissioner estimates that since the war began in March 2003, 1.6 million Iraqis have been displaced internally and up to 1.8 million are living outside the country.”
– Walter Pincus, “1,000 Iraqis a Day Flee Violence, U.N. Group Finds,” The Washington Post, Nov. 24, 2006