STUDY DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS YOUTH IN IRAQ FES MENA Youth Study: Results Analysis Ahmed Qasim Meften December 2022 Youth associate the term»poli­tics« with party policy or the public policy of the country in which they live, as well as with corruption, an incompetent po­litical elite and their money wasting, and the roles and practices of political parties tra­ding in favours, dividing up riches, and evading punishment and accountability. Young people described the challenges resulting from the pandemic as the most pro­minent and important of the changes they have faced re­cently. Generally, youth in Iraq find it difficult to choose between mi­gration and continuing their li­ves in their own country. Many have a strong attachment to their families and where they live, do not view migration as an easy or perfect solution at all, and have conflicting fee­lings about the idea of leaving home.