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The new requirements are stiff. A person must have a valid passport or travel document from his or her native country; an entry visa for Iraq; and, if coming for work, a signed contract. The Ministry of Work and Social Security can decide not to honor the contract if the work can be done by an Iraqi. However, anyone married to an Iraqi is exempt.
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Actually...those requirements are pretty standard.
In fact...I cannot think of any country off the top of my head that will allow a foreigner to just show up without a passport.
Requiring an entry visa merely means that visitors or immigrants need to enter the country through a checkpoint. I do not know of any country that does not care if folks just saunter across national borders with no controls.
Requiring work permits...is simply another manifestation of an actual government emerging from chaos.
There will be growing pains, certainly. And I have always been an advocate of the humanistic interpretation of laws as opposed to their mechanical application.
The fact that an exemption for those married to Iraqis has been included shows that there is more than mere xenophobia behind these measures.
This is what governments do. They govern. And population control measures....are a critical component of the state. Any state.