Expatriates to the Kurdistan region contribute to revitalizing its economic movement

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[size=52]Expatriates to the Kurdistan region contribute to revitalizing its economic movement[/size]

[size=45]Translated by: Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]A report confirmed that the arrivals to the Kurdistan region contributed to revitalizing its economic movement, pointing out that there are many factors that encourage them to stay, including the abolition of previous restrictions, security stability and societal coexistence.[/size]
[size=45]A report by Al-Monitor news website, translated by Al-Mada, stated that “Kurdistan is living in a state of relatively better security and stability than other regions in Iraq. It was a haven for families and citizens from other Iraqi provinces to settle there.”[/size]
[size=45]The report added, "This is especially true after the terrorist organization ISIS invaded large areas of Iraq in 2014, and the expatriates had a role in reviving the economy there."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “Mona Saeed, a citizen from the city of Baghdad who lives with her family in a residential complex in the capital of the Kurdistan region, Erbil, said that she feels “safer here.”[/size]
[size=45]The report stated, “Saeed also said: We are very happy here in Erbil. We moved there more than a year ago; Because we feel that the region is safer than other regions in Iraq.”[/size]
[size=45]And he added, “When moving towards the north more towards the city of Dohuk, the citizen Yassin Abdul Qadir, the owner of a goldsmith’s shop from Mosul, echoes the same feeling of the citizen coming from Baghdad.”[/size]
[size=45]The report quoted Abdul Qadir as saying: During the days of the ISIS attack, hundreds of thousands of people from Mosul came here, but only 200,000 of them remained, and they are the ones who have the financial ability to pay house rents or who have bought property here.[/size]
[size=45]Abdul Qadir stressed, according to the report, that “there are no problems between us and the Kurds in the region, and we feel safe. As for me, I would like to stay here and not return to Mosul.”[/size]
[size=45]The report spoke of “procedures that were imposed since the early days to increase the movement of expatriates to the region, requiring that there be a sponsor from the region, but these procedures were soon removed.”[/size]
[size=45]"Coexistence with people coming from other regions of Iraq to the region is a good thing," says Bilal Wahab, a researcher from the Washington Institute for Studies.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, “The possibility of looking at the arrivals as a bridge connecting us with the rest of Iraq, as is the case with the Kurdish citizens who live in Mosul or Baghdad.”[/size]
[size=45]The report expected that “there will be hundreds of thousands of arrivals, with most families concentrated in Erbil, while others frequent from time to time to the region for trade purposes, coming from various regions and governorates of Iraq, despite the lack of statistics on the number of arrivals from other provinces of Iraq to the region.”[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "Aso Fattah, who is the owner of a real estate office in Shaqlawa, deals with clients from other Iraqi provinces. He says: They do not feel alienated here, they act as if they are in Baghdad."[/size]
[size=45]Fattah said, "80% of those who own real estate in this (Kinjan) complex come from different parts of the country, with sums ranging from 150 thousand to more than a million dollars per housing unit."[/size]
[size=45]The report stated, “A former official of minority affairs in the regional government and a colleague of King College University in London, Muhammad Ihsan, says: The Arabic language began to creep into the region through Kurdish youth listening to Arabic songs without understanding their meaning.”[/size]
[size=45]Ihsan said, "Those coming from other provinces helped revive the economy in the Kurdistan region, especially after the stage of the ISIS terrorist organization's invasion of large areas of Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]Ihsan pointed out that "some of the Arabs who came to Erbil invested their money in hotels, real estate and restaurants, and this was a catalyst in supporting the economy at that stage."[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out, "Nihad Ali Khoya, the owner of a CD shop for Arabic songs and Iraqi singers, says that most of my customers are young Kurds."[/size]
[size=45]And he pointed out that “Jawhar Abdullah, the owner of a law firm, says: The arrivals to the region had a positive financial impact, and that some of the arrivals to the region are rich, and through their investments they provided job opportunities and revived the economic movement. They brought diversity with them, as well as those coming from Syria.” To escape from the terrorist organization ISIS, many of them opened restaurants and salons in Erbil.”[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, economic researcher Ahmad Tabaqjali, from the American University in Sulaymaniyah, says that "the arrivals from other provinces to the Kurdistan region are not all rich."[/size]
[size=45]Tabaqjali continued, “Most of the two delegations are either businessmen or people looking for low-paid work, and their presence had a positive impact on the economic movement.”[/size]
[size=45]About: Al-Monitor website[/size]
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