The College of Arts at Al-Qadisiyah University holds a scientific symposium on illegal immigration in Iraq

Under the patronage of Prof. Dr. Kazem Jabr Al-Jubouri, President of Al-Qadisiyah University, and under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nabil Omran Al-Khalidi, Dean of the College of Arts, the Continuing Education Unit, in cooperation with the Department of Geography, held a scientific symposium entitled (Illegal Immigration in Iraq: Urban Challenges and Development Dimensions), in which Prof. Dr. Karim Al-Masoudi, Prof. Dr. Hussein Adhab Atshan, and Prof. Dr. Haider Aboud Kazar lectured. The session was moderated by Prof. Dr. Raad Abdul Hussein Muhammad Ali in the Hall of the Martyrs of the Popular Mobilization in the College. The symposium aimed to identify illegal immigration and the size of this immigration entering Iraq, its causes and political, security, economic, social and developmental risks, and the methods of entry of immigrants and to develop proposals to reduce it. The symposium recommended strengthening control procedures at borders and ports to verify the legal status and prevent the infiltration of illegal immigrants, and conducting inspections of companies, markets and all shops, adhering to laws, ensuring that illegal workers are not employed, imposing strict penalties on those who employ illegal workers, and cooperating and coordinating with the countries from which illegal immigration comes to stop its flow and increase Community awareness of the risks associated with migration and illegal employment and how to report them