Description | Folder of presscuttings, telex reports and digest bulletins relating to the lifting of travel restrictions before and after the Second Gulf War, with announcement of the new conditions for Iraqi citizens travelling abroad (January 1990), reports of thousands of Iraqis seeking to leave the country (May 1990), suspension of travel during the Second Gulf War (August 1990 - April 1991) and the lifting of restrictions afterwards, including reports of the difficulties faced by Iraqis in obtaining visas and the prohibition on taking foreign currency out the country. |