The West didn’t have Middle East refugee crises until it started messing around in the Middle East. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
The United Nations has warned that the Iran-Israel war could trigger a new refugee crisis in the Middle East, saying that if things keep escalating and people flea, there is no quick way back to their home countries.
UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, says ratcheting tit-for-tat attacks are already triggering population movements in both countries, and that this could easily slide into a worse crisis.
Iran has already seen many of its citizens cross into other countries, at a moment much of Tehran’s streets have remained largely empty on fear of Israeli warplanes, which have control of skies over Western Iran.
And Iranian ballistic and hypersonic missile attacks on Israel have caused people to seek a way out of the country, whether air, sea, or land borders.
“This region has already endured more than its share of war, loss and displacement. We cannot allow another refugee crisis to take root,” says Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, in a statement issued Saturday.
“The time to de-escalate is right now. Once people are forced to flee, there’s no quick way back — and all too often, the consequences last for generations,” Grandi added.
According to more from the newly published UN statement:
As highlighted in our Global Trends 2024 Report last week, Iran is the largest refugee-hosting country in the world with some 3.5 million refugees, mainly from Afghanistan. If the conflict persists, existing refugee populations would also face renewed uncertainty and yet more hardship.
UNHCR is present in Iran, Israel and many neighboring countries, and is arranging emergency humanitarian relief supplies in different locations, readying a response in case needed.
This fact of such a large Afghan refugee population inside Iran is cause for deep concern, amid fears that the 2015 European crisis could be repeated.
They had press gangs during the Iran/Iraq WAR as the West supplied Iraq with an impressive arsenal.
Is there enough EBT for the CPUSA (D) to welcome them?
Tanker bombing was an interesting aspect of the Iran/Iraq WAR.