Displacement in Iraq Reaches Nearly 3.2 Million: IOM
Date
9/13/2015 1:04:58 AM
(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
Geneva 12th September 2015 (WAM) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Iraq Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) identified 3182736 internally displaced Iraqis (530456 families) from January 2014 through 27 August 2015.
Considering the available information and the DTM methodology the UN Humanitarian Country Team will hold the planning figures for the humanitarian response at 3.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The majority (87 per cent) of IDPs are reported to be originally from three governorates: Anbar 42 per cent (1334592 individuals); Ninewa 32 per cent (1011606); and Salah al-Din 13 per cent (407142) the IOM said.
Since 1 April 2015 over half a million individuals were displaced from Anbar governorate following the Ramadi crisis. Of these over 225000 were displaced within the governorate.
The governorates hosting the largest IDP populations are: Anbar 18 per cent (584748 individuals); Baghdad 18 per cent (567186); Kirkuk 13 per cent (408162); and Dahuk 13 per cent (407604). Governorates receiving the largest number of IDPs during the month of August were Baghdad (28554 individuals) and Kirkuk (8502 individuals).
Over 350000 displaced individuals are reported to have returned to their location of origin just over half to Salah al-Din governorate one-third of whom to Tikrit district; this return movement began in mid-June. Additional governorates receiving significant return populations are Diyala (nearly 70000 individuals) and Ninewa (over 60000) primarily the districts of Telafar and Tilkaif in the north of the governorate due to improved security conditions.
Within the past month in cooperation with local authorities IOM Iraq distributed over 5000 non-food item (NFI) kits across 10 governorates. These summer NFI kits include essential items to assist displaced people in hot weather: cool boxes rechargeable fans light blankets towels mattresses plastic mats and hygiene kits. The distributions were funded by the United States the European Commission Germany and Japan.
IOM Iraq Chief of Mission Thomas Lothar Weiss said: "Massive displacement due to continued conflict persists across Iraq and displaced Iraqis are in increasingly desperate situations. Of the nearly 3.2 million displaced one out of five are living in critical shelter arrangements including unfinished buildings and informal settlements. IOM is working with the UN Humanitarian Country Team humanitarian partners government authorities and our donors to provide the NFI kits shelter health care and psychosocial support that displaced Iraqis need to survive."
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