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Many have immigrated outside of the country in huge numbers since the 1970s. It is estimated that at least 40,000 "Alqushnaye" immigrants and their 2nd and 3rd generations now live in the cities of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] and [[San Diego]], [[California]].
In February 2010, The attacks against Chaldeans in Mosul forced 4,300 Chaldeans to flea from Mosul to the [[Nineveh plains]] where there is a Chaldean majority population. A report by the United Nations stated that 504 Assyrians Chaldeans at once migrated to Alqosh. Many Chaldeans from Mosul and Baghdad since the post-2003 Iraq war have fled to Alqosh for safety. There is no actual official census for Alqosh, but many estimate the population between 2,500 and 20,180.<ref>[http://www.fredaprim.com/pdfs/2004/Alqosh.pdf]</ref>
"Alqoshniye" speak [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic]], the ancient language spoken by [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]].
