PRESENCE OF FOREIGNERS IN APRIL 2020

Since 2019, DTM Iraq has been implementing migration monitoring activities as part of the Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (REMAP) project, which aims to strengthen evidence-based formulation and implementation of humanitarian and development policy and programming on migration and forced displacement in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, , Iraq and Pakistan.

As a part of the REMAP project, DTM collected information on the numbers and locations of mobile population groups, in the current case the presence of foreigners in Iraq. This document provides an overview of locations – those areas at the sub-district level which host at least five IDP and/or returnee households – in which there is the presence of individuals of foreign nationalities (non-Iraqi). The data presented in this factsheet is taken from the Integrated Location Assessment (ILA) – Round IV (completed from 1 May to 30 June 2019). ILA IV provides an in-depth look into both displacement and return movements in Iraq, including the demographics of displaced and returnee populations, their current living conditions, movement intentions, vulnerabilities, and the state of social cohesion in the locations in which they currently live.

Data collection for ILA IV was conducted through a network of about 4,000 key informants in 3,645 locations hosting either IDPs or returnees (or both). These key informants were asked about the presence of foreigners, with the option of providing the number of these persons.

• Key informants reported the presence of foreigners in 18% of assessed locations, namely 642 out of the 3,645 locations. 18% • Foreigners were reported in 16 of the 18 assessed governorates. The three governorates with OF LOCATIONS REPORTED the highest proportion of locations reporting the presence of foreigners were THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGNERS (35%, 225 locations), (19%, 123 locations) and Erbil (12%, 80 locations).

• 63% of the locations with presence of foreigners reported a total of 19,078 foreigners. Two of the three locations reporting the highest figures were located in Dohuk Governorate in Amedi District: Sheladze and Deralook subdistricts reported 950 and 490 foreigners present, respec- Proportion of locations reporting the presence of foreigners by governorate tively. Markaz Sulaymaniyah in () reported the presence of 425 foreigners.

Zakho Sulaimaniyah 35% Amedi Dahuk Mergasur Sumel Dahuk Soran Baghdad 19% Telafar Al-Shikhan Tilkaif Choman . Erbil 12% Sinjar Al-Hamdaniya Rania Pshdar Erbil Ninewa Erbil Koisnjaq Dokan Dahuk 11% Makhmur Penjwin Al-Ba'aj Dabes Sulaymaniyah Al-Shirqat Sulaymaniya Ninewa 5% Al-Hawiga Kirkuk

Basrah 5% Kalar Tooz Ra'ua Kerbala 4% Salah Al-Din Al-Ka'im Al-Daur Al-Thethar Al-Khalis Thi-Qar 3% Ana Balad Diyala Al-Muqdadiya Heet Al-Fares TarmiaBa'quba Baladrooz Muthanna 2% KadhimiaAl Resafa Abu Ghraib Falluja Baghdad MahmoudiyaMada'in Kirkuk 2% Anbar Al-Azezia Badra Al-Musayab Al-Suwaira Kerbala Al-Mahawil Wassit Salah al-Din 1% Al-Rutba Ain Al-Tamur Kerbala Babylon Ali Al-Gharbi Al-HindiyaHillaHashimiya Al-Na'maniya Al-Hai 1% Diwaniya Afaq Amara Al-Manathera Al-Shamiya Qadissiya Missan Al-Rifa'i Al-Kahla Babylon <1% Hamza Al-Rumaitha Al-Maimouna Qal'at Saleh Al-Shatra Al-Mejar Al-Kabir Diyala <1% Al-SamawaAl-Khidhir Thi-Qar Najaf Najaf Al-Midaina Nassriya Al-Qurna Suq Al-ShoyokhAl-Chibayish Anbar <1% Shatt Al-Arab Number of locations Basrah reporting foreigners by district Basrah Abu Al-Khaseeb Missan <1% Al-Zubair Muthanna Fao 1 - 17 Al-Salman 18 - 59 60 - 139

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