OregonLive: Find your state on this Refugee Map! - Even on presenting a map, MSM can't resist spin: They 'flee' to 'freedom,' but if someone simply wants welfare goodies, how is that people desperately fleeing (ie, having no choice) for freedom? --tma

Oregonian/OregonLive data expert Mark Graves has done some digging into recent refugee statistics. Here are five highlights from his work:

1. Iraqi refugees make up the largest population of newcomers in Oregon, and most of the Western United States.

Decades of war and civil unrest have led to mass immigration out of Iraq. In July 2014, the United Nations reported that more that 1.9 million Iraqis have lost or been forced from their homes in the past 20 years. According to Brown University researchers, the United States' invasion in 2003 displaced one in 25 Iraqis. The rise of ISIS has only intensified the diaspora. ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/data/2015/12/seeking_a_better_future_five_f.html