Iraqi asylum demands, according to the ministry. Greece Over 80,000 Iraqi refugees are believed to have come into Greece since 2003. The Greek government wants to resettle most of the refugees, though some refugees are using Greece as a path of entry to other European countries. Greece has long attracted Iraqis and other Arabic-speaking peoples from the Middle East for centuries during Ottoman Turkish times (the late 16th to early 20th centuries) and in the 2000s, many Iraqi and Syrian workers are thought to have arrived from Cyprus to find jobs in Greece. Hungary Approximately 1,200 Iraqi refugees have immigrated to Hungary. Ireland Sources claim there to be 340 Iraqi refugees living in Ireland. Italy The current population of Iraqis in Italy stands at around 6,035, in addition almost 800 Iraqis have acquires Italian citizenship between 2008 and 2020 and are now Italian citizens. However one source claims there to be 56,300, which is approximately 50 families. Most of these are priests, nuns and seminarians who have come to pursue their studies in Italy. The majority are residents of Rome. There have been recent appeals from the Iraqi community living in Italy to free any Italian and Iraqi Italian residents currently working in Iraq. In November 2007, 1,800 Iraqi Kurds sought refugee in Italy, of which only 20 of them applied for asylum and the other received 15-day expulsion orders. Portugal Sources claim there are currently almost 600 Iraqi living in Portugal as of 2021, the majority being refugees. In addition, 49 Iraqis have acquired Portuguese citizenship in recent years Romania Sources claim there are at least 450 Iraqi refugees living in Romania as of 2007. Russia Significant groups of Iraqis have emigrated to Russia as early as the 1990s. Iran credits Russia with being one of the first countries to provide concrete assistance in processing Iraqi refugees; Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry began preparing two sites for refugee camps in western Iran in April 2003. However, Iraqis admitted to Russia often find themselves the targets of racism; as with Afghan refugees, they are mistaken for migrants from the Caucasus, who are stereotyped in Russia as drug dealers and criminals. The number of Iraqi refugees in Russia is unknown, but may exceed 50,000 in the year 2009. Iraqi Christians like Assyrians migrated to Russia in the early 20th century. Spain The current population of Iraqis in Spain are unknown; however, since