IOM EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS POST FEBRUARY 2006 DISPLACEMENT IN 15 APRIL 2008 BI-WEEKLY REPORT

Following the February 2006 bombing of the Al-Askari Mosque, escalating sectarian violence in Iraq caused massive displacement, both internal and to locations abroad. In coordination with the Iraqi government’s Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM), IOM continues to assess Iraqi displacement through a network of partners on the ground.

Significantly fewer Iraqis were displaced in 2007 than were displaced in 2006, suggesting that internal displacement in Iraq has slowed. However, displacement continues to occur in some locations and the humanitarian situation of those already displaced is worsening. The limited returns that have occurred so far represent only a small fraction of the displaced population. Internal displacement in Iraq continues to be a major humanitarian crisis, demanding both assessment and a targeted humanitarian response.

The estimated number of displaced since February 2006 is almost 1,504,000 individuals 1. This figure, combined with the estimated 1,200,000 individuals 2 who were internally displaced before February 2006, results in a total of more than 2.7 million individuals displaced within Iraq to date.

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY ON IRAQI DISPLACEMENT:

Displacement

Displacement continues to occur due to military operations and generalized violence. The recent insecurity and fighting in Baghdad and the south, especially Basrah, caused low-scale displacement, although the figures continue to be difficult to confirm due to ongoing insecurity and restrictions on movement. Over the past few weeks, more than 100 families were displaced in Babylon and 230 families fled to Wassit from Al-Mada’in district in Baghdad. The latter group has since returned. Many other groups displaced over the past few weeks may have returned once security improved.

In Basrah, monitors have assessed 30 IDPs displaced within the last few weeks, but actual numbers are likely higher. Monitors were unable to enter some areas in Basrah city. Large numbers of families have reportedly fled in Baghdad due to the ongoing military operations there. In some cases the military has facilitated the shelter of these IDPs in school buildings. Some families are trapped in their houses by fighting. However, monitors have so far been unable to access these areas and assess accurate numbers.

Displacement continues in the central governorates due to military operations, with many families fleeing from Salah Al-Din to . Insecurity in and around city has displaced dozens more families to Kirkuk. Over 100 families still remain displaced in along the northern border due to Iranian shelling.

In addition to these recent movements, the vast majority of post-February 2006 IDPs remains in displacement. Their conditions are worsening as market prices continue to rise. During the reporting period, monitors identified many IDP groups under threat of eviction, particularly in Babylon, Muthanna, and .

1 As per figures from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for the three northern governorates and the Iraqi Ministry of Migration (MoM) for the 15 central and southern governorates, 29 February 2008. See the IDP Working Group Internally Displaced Persons in Iraq Update (24 March 2008) for figures per governorate. 2 As per IOM monitoring for the 15 central and southern governorates and UNOPS/UNHCR for the three northern governorates. See the IDP Working Group Internally Displaced Persons in Iraq Update (24 March 2008).

International organization for migration Return

Return movements have reportedly slowed due to the general deterioration of security over the past few weeks. In particular, the return of minorities to Kirkuk has noticeably slowed. Returns continue to represent only a minute fraction of the total displaced population.

IOM is collaborating with MoDM on a joint project to assess returns in Baghdad. IOM monitors continue to assess both displacement and return nationwide. IOM has identified locations for 13,000 returnee families in close coordination with MoDM, local authorities, and other actors on the ground. IOM released the IOM Returnee Assessment and Statistics Report , which analyses in detail the movement and humanitarian situation of 900 returnee families who have been individually assessed to date. For many returnees, return has not brought them relief from the humanitarian crisis they experienced in displacement. Many have returned to find their houses destroyed and their livelihoods gone. Unemployment rates are up to 70% for returnees in some areas of Baghdad. Due to lack of income, returnees report food, fuel and non-food items as a priority need.

Released on the same date, the MoDM/IOM Tabulation Report provides the raw data of these assessments in tabulated form, including data on the village/neighborhood level. Both reports, along with IOM’s regular reporting on displacement, are available at http://www.iom- iraq.net/library.html#IDP .

Country-wide Statistics:

Information below is based on in-depth assessments of 169,438 families (an estimated 1,016,000 individuals) displaced throughout Iraq since 22 February 2006. (Please note that this figure represents the total number that IOM monitors have assessed, not the total number of displaced in Iraq since 22 February 2006.)

IDP Places of Origin:

Baghdad 63.95% Babylon 0.97% Diyala 19.17% Wassit 0.24% Ninewa 4.97% Thi-Qar 0.06% Anbar 3.70% Qadissiya 0.03% Salah al-Din 3.31% Kerbala 0.02% Basrah 1.87% 0.01% Tameem 1.65% Muthanna 0.01%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 60.36% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.66% Arab Sunni Muslim 28.06% Armenian Christian 0.12% Kurd Sunni Muslim 3.24% Arab Yazidi 0.05% Assyrian Christian 3.14% Kurd Yazidi 0.03% Chaldean Christian 1.86% Arab Sabean Mandean 0.02% Turkmen Shia Muslim 1.11% Kurd Christian 0.01% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.97%

Access to Health Care?

Governorate Yes No All Iraq 85.72% 14.21% Anbar 80.77% 19.23% Babylon 95.26% 4.74% Baghdad 89.92% 10.08% Basrah 91.54% 8.46% Dahuk 85.25% 14.75% International Organization for Migration 2 Diyala 62.71% 37.29% Erbil 99.19% Kerbala 91.99% 8.01% Missan 85.59% 13.86% Muthanna 77.54% 22.46% Najaf 98.49% 1.22% Ninewa 94.02% 5.98% Qadissiya 97.01% 2.99% Salah al-Din 79.75% 20.17% Sulaymaniyah 98.18% 1.34% Tameem 31.84% 68.09% Thi-Qar 98.04% 1.96% Wassit 89.84% 10.16%

Access to Medications?

Governorate Yes No All Iraq 67.68% 32.02% Anbar 58.26% 39.28% Babylon 66.34% 33.62% Baghdad 80.79% 19.16% Basrah 93.01% 6.99% Dahuk 84.11% 15.71% Diyala 45.08% 54.64% Erbil 98.67% 0.36% Kerbala 71.48% 28.31% Missan 85.52% 13.91% Muthanna 65.47% 33.98% Najaf 99.25% 0.60% Ninewa 33.85% 66.13% Qadissiya 68.74% 30.98% Salah al-Din 73.95% 25.96% Sulaymaniyah 97.65% 1.67% Tameem 34.87% 64.87% Thi-Qar 90.84% 9.16% Wassit 20.61% 79.30%

Anbar:

The recent fighting in both Baghdad and southern Iraq has not significantly affected the security situation in Anbar. However, a limited number of families have recently been displaced to Anbar; six Arab Sunni families from have fled there and one Shiite family from Najaf is being hosted by a Shiite family, all in . Reports indicate that some families from Mosul attempted to flee the increased violence in their area by entering Anbar; however, they were rejected by the awakening forces and remained in Mosul.

Civilians in some parts of Anbar are complaining of abuses such as road closures and mistreatment during search operations from both tribal and military forces.

Work has started on a new military base in Ana for the Iraqi Forces (IF). In addition, 60 new policemen and 100 new school security guards are set to deploy in Ana, while still more are training at a nearby MNF-I base. However, tribal struggles for control of Qaim left two people dead and two others injured. Security in Al-Rutba is calm despite sporadic highway robberies, and awakening forces continue to cooperate with inhabitants in Ramadi for an increasingly secure situation. The Ramadi Directorate of Health is responding to a small outbreak of measles; it applied to the Ministry of Health for an immediate shipment of the appropriate vaccine.

Assessment based on 11,023 families.

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Places of Origin:

Baghdad 71.80% Babylon 0.06% Anbar 23.66% Ninewa 0.03% Basrah 4.45%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Sunni Muslim 100.00%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 80.77% 19.23% Al-Ka'im 64.03% 35.97% Al-Rutba 90.71% 9.29% Ana 99.77% 0.23% Falluja 79.06% 20.94% 68.37% 31.63% Heet 68.26% 31.74% Ramadi 87.04% 12.96%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 58.26% 39.28% Al-Ka'im 69.64% 30.36% Al-Rutba 82.97% 17.03% Ana 52.09% 47.91% Falluja 58.76% 40.15% Haditha 26.53% 30.61% Heet 55.83% 42.28% Ramadi 55.36% 39.27%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In 2007, IOM completed various distributions of food, water, and non-food items for 961 IDP families in February, 392 IDP families in May, 1,655 IDP families in August, and 1,344 IDP families in November. In 2008, IOM is currently implementing a daily water trucking operation that is benefiting nearly 37,000 vulnerable IDP and host community families in various locations throughout Anbar.

Babylon :

Security has stabilized somewhat although clashes continue between armed groups and IF. Curfew was applied for four days during the reporting period. Due to insecurity in Al-Shawi, more than 100 families fled to Hay Al-Askary and Hay Al-Askan. This group includes 33 IDP families who were displaced secondarily and another 95 families from the host community. Most of these families are still displaced because there are ongoing detention campaigns in Al-Shawi.

Monitors identified a number of IDP groups under threat of eviction or expulsion. In Ghabat (Jebela, Al-Mahawil) and Intesar (Haswa, Askandariya) there are 12 IDP families under threat of eviction for sectarian reasons. In Bekat (Askandariya) there are 15 IDP families who are forced by their landlord to work for extremely low wages in exchange for rent. In Jurf Al-Sakher (Haweja) there are 4 families who have been harassed by security forces to leave. In Abu Luka, Askandariya there are 23 families under pressure to leave for sectarian reasons. In Jawadeya, Shumaly there are 37 families who can no longer afford their increased rent. In Qazawena, Abu Gharaq there are 42 IDP families who have been issued an eviction order because they are living in a collective settlement on government property. International Organization for Migration 4

35 families were displaced recently from Al-Fareseya, Jurf Al-Sakhr sub-district after they were attacked by unidentified militants who looted and destroyed their houses. 11 of these families’ members were killed in the fighting.

Assessment based on 9,872 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 82.82% Tameem 0.66% Diyala 5.87% Ninewa 0.14% Babylon 5.39% Kerbala 0.03% Salah al-Din 2.07% Basrah 0.02% Anbar 1.93% Qadissiya 0.01% Wassit 1.06%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 94.40% Arab Sunni Muslim 5.33% Arab Yazidi 0.07%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 95.26% 4.74% Al-Mahawil 89.53% 10.47% Al-Musayab 98.92% 1.08% Hashimiya 94.85% 5.15% Hilla 98.77% 1.23%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 66.34% 33.62% Al-Mahawil 74.81% 25.16% Al-Musayab 79.44% 20.56% Hashimiya 41.67% 58.17% Hilla 68.08% 31.92%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In July 2007, IOM completed a food and NFI distribution to 3,000 IDP and host community families in Babylon. In March, IOM finished distributing plastic sheeting for families living in substandard housing to protect from the rain, benefiting 126 IDP families.

Baghdad :

Fighting continues in Sadr City, which has been surrounded and sealed off by MNF-I/IF for more than a week. Security forces have been conducting search and arrest campaigns in some neighborhoods. Large numbers of people have fled these areas and taken refuge in peripheral areas such as in Al-Orfaly, east Baghdad. In some cases the military has facilitated the shelter of these IDPs in school buildings. Some families are trapped in their houses by fighting. Food prices have risen sharply. Some civilians have been killed or injured in mortar attacks. Movement throughout Baghdad is reduced due to general fears of insecurity.

As of the date of reporting, there was no clear count of IDPs who had actually left the city. Many have settled temporarily with nearby relatives and have not registered with city councils since they intend to return soon. International Organization for Migration 5

Assessment based on 46,555 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 77.70% Ninewa 0.18% Diyala 18.58% Babylon 0.12% Anbar 1.94% Wassit 0.04% Salah al-Din 1.04% Basrah 0.02% Tameem 0.37%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 80.16% Arab Sunni Muslim 19.64% Arab Yazidi 0.02% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.09% Turkmen Shia Muslim 0.01%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 89.92% 10.08% Abu Ghraib 100.00% Adhamiya - Istiqlal 40.47% 59.53% Al Resafa 93.18% 6.82% 91.76% 8.24% Mada'in 85.45% 14.55% Mahmoudiya 100.00% Taji 100.00% Tarmia 98.63% 1.37%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 80.79% 19.16% Abu Ghraib 100.00% Adhamiya - Istiqlal 38.59% 61.41% Al Resafa 91.79% 8.14% Karkh 93.80% 6.13% Mada'in 85.45% 14.55% Mahmoudiya 100.00% Taji 100.00% Tarmia 15.34% 84.66%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In 2007, IOM distributed food and non- food items to 346 families in February, 2,895 families in April, and 198 families in August. In March 2008, IOM finished distributing food and non-food items to 3,000 vulnerable IDP and host community families. IOM is currently distributing food and non-food items to 2,000 needy returnee families in Baghdad. Also, IOM has delivered 900 food baskets to hospitals in Sadr City in response to the current crisis there. IOM also has an additional 1,100 food baskets prepositioned in Baghdad for delivery when access allows.

Basrah :

Security in Basrah city is still highly unstable, although fighting has mostly subsided. Civilians are staying off the street due to fear of renewed clashes. Most schools remain closed despite a governmental order that they open. MNF-I/IF are maintaining a heavy presence in the city. International Organization for Migration 6 Market prices, particularly food and fuel, are extremely expensive. There is a severe shortage of medication for local pharmacies and hospitals. Intertribal clashes broke out again in northern Basrah, temporarily cutting off the main road out of the governorate.

Monitors assessed 30 families who were displaced in the recent insecurity in Basrah. Assessments during the reporting period were limited by insecurity and movement restrictions: areas such as Hay Al-Hussein, Al-Qibla, and Hay Al-Jumhooriya remain sealed off by security forces and monitors were unable to enter them.

A reported 50 IDP families living in a public building on Al-Istiklal Street, Basrah city were displaced when part of the building was destroyed by IF. It is uncertain where this group fled to. They may have been arrested by IF.

Monitors observed that IDPs in Basrah generally have great difficulty obtaining documentation such as Iraqi IDs, marriage and birth certificates, and documents necessary to enroll in school or resume a previously-held government job.

Assessment based on 4,833 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 51.44% Basrah 0.66% Salah al-Din 26.71% Wassit 0.25% Anbar 8.19% Ninewa 0.17% Diyala 6.46% Qadissiya 0.04% Tameem 4.03% Erbil 0.02% Babylon 2.03%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.83% Arab Sunni Muslim 0.06%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 91.54% 8.46% Abu Al-Khaseeb 95.54% 4.46% Al-Midaina 96.26% 3.74% Al-Qurna 100.00% Al-Zubair 95.86% 4.14% Basrah 88.17% 11.83% Fao 100.00% Shatt Al-Arab 90.14% 9.86%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 93.01% 6.99% Abu Al-Khaseeb 95.54% 4.46% Al-Midaina 96.26% 3.74% Al-Qurna 100.00% Al-Zubair 92.08% 7.92% Basrah 91.30% 8.70% Fao 100.00% Shatt Al-Arab 98.12% 1.88%

International Organization for Migration 7 IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In October 2007, IOM completed the distribution of food and non-food items to 2,863 IDP families. During the recent crisis, IOM delivered 750 food baskets to hospitals in Basrah.

Dahuk :

Local authorities throughout the northern governorates and in adjacent areas of Ninewa are concerned with low water tables and what is expected to be an exceptionally dry year. Water trucking and deeper wells will be needed in many areas to provide adequate water supplies for both IDPs and host communities. There is reportedly an agreement between authorities in Dahuk and Ninewa to allow cattle herders from Ninewa to bring their livestock into Dahuk looking for water. There is concern that this may further strain the limited water resources in Dahuk. Water issues could cause displacement from and within the north.

Assessment based on 2,820 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 57.02% Salah al-Din 0.07% Ninewa 40.96% Muthanna 0.07% Tameem 0.78% Erbil 0.04% Basrah 0.57% Diyala 0.04% Anbar 0.43% Babylon 0.04%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Kurd Sunni Muslim 35.11% Kurd Yazidi 0.92% Chaldean Christian 31.70% Turkmen Shia Muslim 0.92% Assyrian Christian 20.99% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.43% Armenian Christian 4.04% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.18% Arab Sunni Muslim 2.45% Kurd Christian 0.14% Arab Shia Muslim 1.99% Armenian Sunni Muslim 0.07%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 85.25% 14.75% Amedi 36.36% 63.64% Dahuk 98.05% 1.95% Sumel 63.04% 36.96% 76.25% 23.75%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 84.11% 15.71% Amedi 34.01% 65.99% Dahuk 97.16% 2.58% Sumel 60.56% 39.44% Zakho 76.25% 23.75%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: None to date.

Diyala :

Security has stabilized in Al-Khalis district, where most of the IDP and returnee populations are now safe. In Al-Muqdadiya and Ba’quba sporadic attacks continue, including improvised explosive International Organization for Migration 8 devices (IED) and suicide bomb attacks against awakening leaders and checkpoints. The security situation in Saif Saad sub-district, Ba’quba district has improved due to reconciliation meetings held by tribal sheikhs and city council members.

Many families have returned from displacement to Diyala and found their houses and basic services destroyed. Some of these families are now living with relatives or friends in the nearby area, hoping to be compensated for their damaged houses. Monitors identified a number of areas where this is a significant issue: Al-Said, Al-Haroja, and Albu Tu’ma villages in Salam sub-district of Al-Khalis district; Sunqur, Thu’ailib, Al-Thabitiya, Ubada, and Al-Rawashid villages in Hibhib sub-district of Al-Khalis district; Tawkul village, Albu Saida, Al-Muqdadiya district; and Hay Al-Askary, Khan Bani Sa’ad, Ba’quba.

In Tawakul village, nearly the entire village (90 houses) was destroyed in 2006 and most families fled to Albu Saida city center. The families now visit their houses during the day and return to Albu Saida at night, since the village still lacks water, electricity, schools, and health facilities. These families require tents, food, non-food items, and purification tablets to meet their immediate needs if they are to stay in the village. They will also require more durable solutions to allow them to resettle in their homes.

Assessment based on 11,380 families.

Places of Origin:

Diyala 80.39% Tameem 0.19% Baghdad 18.75% Salah al-Din 0.15% Anbar 0.24% Basrah 0.05% Babylon 0.20% Qadissiya 0.03%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 40.16% Kurd Sunni Muslim 1.05% Arab Sunni Muslim 50.55% Turkmen Shia Muslim 0.49% Kurd Shia Muslim 7.61% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.13%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 62.71% 37.29% Al-Khalis 51.65% 48.35% Al-Muqdadiya 63.02% 36.98% Baladrooz 69.87% 30.13% Ba'quba 63.09% 36.91% 75.83% 24.17%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 45.08% 54.64% Al-Khalis 36.43% 62.58% Al-Muqdadiya 50.67% 49.23% Baladrooz 57.96% 41.80% Ba'quba 38.61% 61.35% Khanaqin 36.72% 63.28%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In September 2007, IOM provided 3,350 IDP families in Diyala with food and non-food items. Also in September, IOM assisted 1,400 families with food and non-food items.

International Organization for Migration 9 Erbil :

Although health care is accessible in most areas in Erbil, there is an urgent need for health care in Kasnazan sub-district, Banslawa district. There are 118 IDP families in this area and an estimated 4,000 host community families.

Assessment based on 3,846 families.

Places of Origin:

Ninewa 49.92% Muthanna 0.10% Baghdad 43.42% Erbil 0.10% Tameem 2.44% Babylon 0.10% Diyala 1.85% Basrah 0.08% Salah al-Din 0.83% Najaf 0.05% Anbar 0.75% Qadissiya 0.03%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Kurd Sunni Muslim 41.47% Kurd Christian 0.26% Chaldean Christian 25.87% Arab Sabean Mandean 0.18% Arab Sunni Muslim 17.21% Kurd Yazidi 0.05% Assyrian Christian 5.85% Chaldean Sunni Muslim 0.03% Arab Shia Muslim 1.56% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.03% Armenian Christian 1.20% Turkmen Shia Muslim 0.03% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.60% Arab Christian 0.03%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 99.19% Erbil 99.44% Makhmur 100.00% 88.89%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 98.67% 0.36% Erbil 98.90% 0.38% Makhmur 100.00% Shaqlawa 88.89%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008 : In February 2008, IOM finished distributing food and non-food items to 2,210 IDP and vulnerable host community families, including IDP groups who were displaced by cross-border Turkish shelling.

Kerbala :

Security has calmed somewhat although tensions remain high. Movement continues to be heavily restricted, particularly in Ain Al-Tamur and Al-Hindiya districts. Security forces continue to conduct detention campaigns in Kerbala city.

Assessment based on 9,237 families.

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Baghdad 59.89% Tameem 1.84% Diyala 22.90% Salah al-Din 1.49% Anbar 7.52% Kerbala 0.16% Ninewa 3.13% Wassit 0.01% Babylon 3.05%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 98.14% Arab Yazidi 0.29% Turkmen Shia Muslim 1.41%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 91.99% 8.01% Ain Al-Tamur 100.00% Al-Hindiya 97.48% 2.52% Kerbala 90.01% 9.99%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 71.48% 28.31% Ain Al-Tamur 72.92% 27.08% Al-Hindiya 73.54% 26.46% Kerbala 70.88% 28.85%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008 : In July 2007, IOM distributed food and non-food items to 3,108 families in Kerbala.

Kirkuk :

Turkmen returns to Kirkuk have reportedly slowed sharply in recent months due to insecurity and increasing cases of attacks targeting Turkmen.

Sporadic fighting continues between insurgents and police at checkpoints. Clashes occurred between tribes in Al-Hawiga district, killing a reported twenty people. During the reporting period, monitors encountered considerable difficulty moving due to road closures by MNF-I and traffic jams due to bomb attacks. Large-scale military operations are underway in the periphery of Al-Hawiga district.

Within the last month around 115 IDP families were displaced from Salah Al-Din governorate (most from Al-Daur district) and settled in Hay Al-Qudus, Hay Al-Salhiya, and Hay Al-Ubaidy villages in Al-Rashad sub-district, district in Kirkuk. This displacement occurred due to large-scale MNF-I/IF operations against insurgents in Al-Daur. These families fled intense fighting and many of their members were killed by MNF-I/IF or insurgents. Many members were arrested, some of whose whereabouts remains unknown. This group has taken refuge near their relatives. 20 of these families are now living in rented houses while the rest live in mud houses or hand-made tents in a collective settlement. They have no potable water source and depend on public wells, which are salty. There is no health care available to them or the host community because the only health centre in Al-Rashad was destroyed a few months ago. Although there are primary schools in the area, most of these families are illiterate and do not send their children to schools. A few families have brought livestock with them, but the majority was dependent on their farms in the place of origin (now destroyed) and has no source of income. Due to insecurity, they cannot return to their place of origin to receive PDS rations. This group is in urgent need of food and non-food item assistance.

International Organization for Migration 11 During the reporting period 26 Kurdish families were displaced from , Ninewa governorate. They were displaced because insurgents are killing or abducting Kurds in the Mosul city periphery because a Kurdish peshmerga military unit has arrived in the city. These families are now in hay Al-Askary, . They are living in small tents or houses made of metal sheeting. A local Kurdish party has provided them with non-food item assistance and daily water trucking. The provincial council has said that land in Hay Banja Ali will be given to these IDPs.

During the reporting period 53 Turkmen families were displaced from Mosul and settled with relatives in Hay Al-Hujaj. A Turkmen party has provided them with food and non-food item aid as well as financial assistance. These families were waiting to be recognized as IDPs by the local authority.

Assessment based on 7,597 families.

Places of Origin:

Diyala 29.37% Basrah 0.29% Baghdad 20.21% Babylon 0.24% Salah al-Din 17.70% Erbil 0.09% Tameem 15.45% Thi-Qar 0.05% Ninewa 14.49% Najaf 0.04% Anbar 1.80%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Sunni Muslim 51.51% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.87% Kurd Sunni Muslim 19.17% Chaldean Christian 0.75% Turkmen Shia Muslim 18.30% Armenian Christian 0.26% Arab Shia Muslim 2.97% Arab Yazidi 0.08% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 2.68% Turkmen Christian 0.04% Assyrian Christian 2.11%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 31.84% 68.09% Al-Hawiga 20.67% 79.33% Daquq 23.75% 76.25% Kirkuk 39.40% 60.47%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 34.87% 64.87% Al-Hawiga 35.42% 64.58% Daquq 23.86% 76.14% Kirkuk 41.85% 57.67%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In February 2007, IOM distributed food and non-food items to 743 IDP families in Kirkuk. In February 2008, IOM finished distributing food and non-food items to 1,500 IDP and vulnerable host community families.

Missan :

Security is stable, having calmed since the insecurity of the past reporting period.

International Organization for Migration 12 MoDM Missan has begun distributing food to IDP families in Kala’at Salih, Al-Azeer, and Al-Mijar Al-Kabeer.

Assessment based on 6,161 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 84.48% Wassit 0.49% Diyala 7.04% Babylon 0.36% Salah al-Din 4.54% Basrah 0.23% Tameem 1.57% Ninewa 0.18% Anbar 1.06% Kerbala 0.02%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.90% Arab Sabean Mandean 0.10%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 85.59% 13.86% Ali Al-Gharbi 80.81% 18.86% Al-Kahla 67.98% 32.02% Al-Maimouna 81.89% 18.11% Al-Mejar Al-Kabi 66.76% 33.24% Amara 92.40% 7.54% Qal'at Saleh 74.65% 20.74%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 85.52% 13.91% Ali Al-Gharbi 85.86% 13.80% Al-Kahla 66.36% 33.64% Al-Maimouna 94.54% 5.46% Al-Mejar Al-Kabi 54.52% 45.48% Amara 89.28% 10.67% Qal'at Saleh 87.10% 8.14%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In March 2008, IOM started the distribution of non-food items to 1,000 IDP and host community families in Missan.

Muthanna :

Security has stabilized, although a nighttime curfew has been applied due to insecurity in Basrah and tensions are high.

On 6 April 2008, 12 IDP families were evicted from Qudis Building in Al-Rumeitha. These families are now living in Al-Shuhada area in mud houses and are in urgent need of food and non-food assistance.

In Dhajareya, Al-Samawa there are 5 IDP families who are preparing to leave a public building because they have been threatened by local clans. In Askary, Al-Samawa there are 4 IDP families who have left their residences because of quarrels with their neighbors. 7 IDP families left Al-Khidh district and went to Al-Samawa because they were threatened by local clans. 9 IDP families in Askary and Shuhada, Al-Samawa are looking for alternative shelter because they cannot afford increased rent and their landlord is threatening them. International Organization for Migration 13

Assessment based on 2,525 families.

Places of Origin: Baghdad 72.44% Ninewa 1.11% Diyala 14.10% Wassit 0.71% Anbar 7.64% Qadissiya 0.67% Babylon 1.82% Erbil 0.20% Salah al-Din 1.31%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.45%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 77.54% 22.46% Al Khidhir 64.76% 35.24% Al-Rumaitha 69.11% 30.89% Al-Salman 100.00% Al-Samawa 90.15% 9.85%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 65.47% 33.98% Al Khidhir 56.19% 43.81% Al-Rumaitha 59.99% 39.01% Al-Salman 100.00% Al-Samawa 73.50% 26.50%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: None to date.

Najaf :

Security is generally stable.

A number of IDP families were evicted from shelter during the reporting period. 7 families were evicted in Al-Hurriya due to problems with the host community. 15 families were evicted from government lands in Al-Huwaish. 5 families were evicted by their landlord in Al-Mutanabi. 20 families were evicted in Al-Makrama and 25 in Al-Hamia, both by the government because they were squatting on public land.

IDPs in Al-Zahraa, Al-Suwwaq, Al-Askary, Al-Jidaidat, and Al-Qudis are in urgent need of shelter because they cannot afford increased rent. There are 15 families in Al-Nasir who have been threatened with eviction by the government because they are on public land. There are 25 families in Taraf Al-Saray who have been threatened with eviction by the government because they are in a public building.

Assessment based on 5,486 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 87.77% Babylon 0.98% Diyala 5.78% Salah al-Din 0.89%

International Organization for Migration 14 Anbar 1.97% Tameem 0.82% Ninewa 1.77% Wassit 0.02%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.78% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.22%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 98.49% 1.22% Al-Manathera 99.39% 98.46% 0.86% Najaf 98.42% 1.50%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 99.25% 0.60% Al-Manathera 99.39% 0.61% Kufa 99.01% 0.99% Najaf 99.35% 0.42%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In April 2007, IOM completed a distribution of food and non-food items to 2,099 IDP families.

Ninewa :

Local authorities, community leaders, and provincial and city councils continue to work to resolve tensions in Telafar between returning IDPs and the local communities who remained behind. MoDM Mosul stated that more than 60 families had returned to Telafar since January 2008.

Clashes continue in Mosul between MNF-I/IF and insurgents, including air strikes that have produced some civilian casualties. Detention campaigns continue and there are increased incidences of car bombs, assassinations, abductions, crime, and IED explosions. Checkpoints have heavily restricted movement throughout the city and there are widespread traffic jams due to either bridge closures or explosions.

In Hay Al-Hirmat, Mosul city there are 5 families (31 individuals) who were displaced from Telafar in 2006 due to sectarian violence and settled in buildings belonging to the former regime. Two months ago they were evicted by MNF-I/IF because the military wanted to use the building as a base. These families then rented two partially-finished houses because they could not afford full rent. Recently an explosion near these houses severely damaged their Daurs, windows, and walls. These families are in urgent need of shelter assistant.

MoDM Mosul is still distributing financial grants to IDPs through city banks and reports that the grants have reached 7,000 IDP families to date.

Assessment based on 10,936 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 53.94% Babylon 0.55% Ninewa 32.59% Wassit 0.21% Basrah 8.86% Qadissiya 0.11%

International Organization for Migration 15 Diyala 1.21% Thi-Qar 0.04% Tameem 0.91% Kerbala 0.04% Salah al-Din 0.85% Erbil 0.04% Anbar 0.66%

Ethnicity/Religion:

Assyrian Christian 39.71% Turkmen Shia Muslim 1.58% Arab Sunni Muslim 30.32% Arab Shia Muslim 0.84% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 12.06% Arab Yazidi 0.30% Chaldean Christian 11.02% Armenian Christian 0.21% Kurd Sunni Muslim 2.17%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 94.02% 5.98% 100.00% Al-Ba'aj 100.00% Al-Hamdaniya 98.87% 1.13% 100.00% Mosul 94.50% 5.50% Shekhan 100.00% 28.43% 71.57% Telafar 69.78% 30.22% Tilkaif 93.48% 6.52%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 33.85% 66.13% Akre 100.00% Al-Ba'aj 100.00% Al-Hamdaniya 37.09% 62.91% Hatra 100.00% Mosul 20.18% 79.80% Shekhan 63.22% 36.78% Sinjar 100.00% Telafar 14.03% 85.97% Tilkaif 47.21% 52.76%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: IOM provided food and NFIs to 4,587 families in Ninewa in July and August. In September and October, IOM provided water and clothes to 500 IDP families in Sinjar following the attack on the Yazidi community there and food and non- food items to 160 families in the Girdassen tent camp in . In December, IOM distributed fuel and heaters to 20 schools in Ninewa, benefiting 9,271 students. In November 2007 and again in January 2008, IOM distributed fuel tanks and kerosene to IDPs living in Girdassen camp and elsewhere in Ninewa. In January and February 2008, IOM distributed food and NFIs to 700 vulnerable families throughout Ninewa. IOM has pre-positioned 2,000 food and non-food items to respond to potential displacement due to military operations in Mosul.

Qadissiya :

Security is now relatively stable. Curfew was imposed for five days during the reporting period and there were some clashes and mortar attacks. The head of the directorate for Ghammas sub-district was assassinated. Monitors in Qadissiya found no instances of IDP death or injury due to the recent insecurity.

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Six IDP families were living in a public building in front of the Ghammas sub-district city council. Following the assassination of the directorate head, these families were moved to live under the care of a local tribe.

Monitors identified 226 IDP families living in Ghammas, of whom approximately 30% are squatting in collective settlements. This group is constantly under threat of eviction by local authorities. There are 24 IDP families are living in Al-Herd village. This area is highly insecure due to clashes between the Iraqi police and the local tribe, which is protecting a tribe member that is wanted by the police.

There is a severe shortage of water in Al-Tabo, among both IDPs and the host community.

Assessment based on 3,708 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 81.47% Babylon 1.69% Diyala 6.39% Wassit 0.25% Anbar 4.54% Ninewa 0.08% Salah al-Din 2.88% Basrah 0.03% Tameem 2.68%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 100.00%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 97.01% 2.99% Afaq 86.53% 13.47% Al-Shamiya 96.76% 3.24% Diwaniya 98.88% 1.12% Hamza 96.32% 3.68%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 68.74% 30.98% Afaq 31.52% 68.48% Al-Shamiya 95.75% 2.23% Diwaniya 76.81% 23.19% Hamza 34.99% 65.01%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: IOM is currently distributing food and non-food items to 2,000 vulnerable IDP and host community families in Qadissiya. During the recent crisis, IOM delivered 250 food baskets to the main hospital in Diwaniya.

Salah al-Din :

Security remains relatively stable due to cooperation between awakening forces and MNF-I/IF. Sporadic attacks against awakening and MNF-I/IF continue. In , security is stable. In and Al-Shirqat districts, MNF-I/IF are arresting male youths due to insurgent activity in the area. There are frequent clashes due to military operations underway in Al-Daur district.

Assessment based on 10,615 families.

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Baghdad 60.95% Thi-Qar 0.82% Basrah 14.82% Babylon 0.71% Diyala 9.41% Ninewa 0.48% Salah al-Din 6.17% Qadissiya 0.15% Tameem 2.69% 0.08% Anbar 2.64% Kerbala 0.07% Wassit 1.02%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 3.07% Kurd Sunni Muslim 0.59% Arab Sunni Muslim 94.93% Turkmen Shia Muslim 1.17% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.01% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.08%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 79.75% 20.17% Al-Daur 89.20% 10.80% Al-Shirqat 68.56% 31.44% Baiji 62.30% 37.29% Balad 72.11% 27.89% Samarra 85.92% 14.08% Tikrit 88.17% 11.80% Tooz 99.79% 0.21%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 73.95% 25.96% Al-Daur 57.66% 42.34% Al-Shirqat 73.25% 26.75% Baiji 78.88% 20.72% Balad 80.46% 19.54% Samarra 69.70% 30.30% Tikrit 80.47% 19.53% Tooz 32.15% 67.64%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: IOM is currently distributing food and non-food items to 1,500 vulnerable IDP and host community families in Salah al-Din.

Sulaymaniyah :

Local authorities report that there are now 112 families displaced in Zharwa due to Iranian shelling. UNHCR has provided these families with assistance. Some roads in district are not secure. Monitors found only one post-February 2006 IDP family in district.

Assessments based on 4,717 families.

Places of Origin:

Diyala 51.32% Basrah 0.45% Baghdad 40.79% Babylon 0.45% Anbar 3.12% Wassit 0.13%

International Organization for Migration 18 Ninewa 1.76% Sulaymaniyah 0.13% Salah al-Din 0.93% Thi-Qar 0.11% Tameem 0.66% Kerbala 0.06%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Sunni Muslim 64.45% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.23% Kurd Sunni Muslim 21.92% Chaldean Christian 0.17% Arab Shia Muslim 9.69% Arab Christian 0.08% Kurd Shia Muslim 2.50% Assyrian Christian 0.04% Kurd Yazidi 0.36% Armenian Christian 0.02% Arab Sabean Mandean 0.28%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 98.18% 1.34% 89.26% 10.74% Darbandihkan 99.40% Dokan 97.38% 98.40% 0.80% Kalar 99.29% 0.41% Pshdar 100.00% Rania 99.41% 0.59% Sharbazher 100.00% Sulaymaniya 97.82% 2.01%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 97.65% 1.67% Chamchamal 86.67% 13.33% Darbandihkan 99.40% Dokan 95.29% 0.26% Halabja 98.40% 0.80% Kalar 98.99% 0.71% Pshdar 100.00% Rania 100.00% Sharbazher 100.00% Sulaymaniya 97.38% 2.27%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In response to the cholera health emergency in Sulaymaniyah, IOM provided Compound Sodium Lactate and sodium chloride 0.9% intravenous infusions. In February 2008, IOM finished distributions of food and non-food items to 2,630 vulnerable IDP and host community families, including IDPs who were displaced by cross- border Turkish shelling. IOM is currently continuing its daily water trucking to cholera-affected areas, which daily distributes 1 million litres of potable water.

Thi Qar :

MoDM Thi-Qar stated that the distribution of the second payment of the grant (450,000 ID) will resume shortly and will be followed two months later by the third and final payment (350,000 ID). The office also stated that MoDM registration of new IDPs in Thi-Qar was halted after 1 April due to improved security in Baghdad. MoDM Thi-Qar has identified 350 families who have left displacement in Thi-Qar to return home.

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Places of Origin:

Baghdad 68.11% Babylon 2.55% Salah al-Din 13.67% Wassit 1.14% Diyala 7.99% Muthanna 0.21% Anbar 3.31% Ninewa 0.07% Tameem 2.83% Basrah 0.03%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.82% Arab Sunni Muslim 0.13%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 98.04% 1.96% Al-Chibayish 96.19% 3.81% Al-Rifa'i 97.48% 2.52% Al-Shatra 96.91% 3.09% Nassriya 98.91% 1.09% Suq Al-Shoyokh 99.63% 0.37%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 90.84% 9.16% Al-Chibayish 90.71% 9.29% Al-Rifa'i 90.66% 9.34% Al-Shatra 89.21% 10.79% Nassriya 91.85% 8.15% Suq Al-Shoyokh 91.17% 8.83%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008: In March, IOM started distributions of food and non-food items to 1,000 IDP and host community families. During the recent crisis, IOM delivered 250 food baskets to the main hospital in Nassriya.

Wassit :

Security is relatively stable but tensions remain high.

Monitors observed houses and markets damaged by fighting in Hay Al-Zahra’a, Hay Al-Mashrouo, Hay Al-Falahiya, Hay Al-Ezza, Hay Al-Shuhada, and Hay Al-Imam Ali. In Hay Al-Ezza one family lost nine members killed in fighting.

During last month’s insecurity around 230 families were displaced from Arab Juboor and Salam Bag villages in Al-Mada’in district, Baghdad. These families fled the area due to fears that the insecurity in Baghdad would spill over the governorate border. They took refuge with relatives in the centre of Al- Suwaira district in Wassit. As of the reporting date, nearly all these families have returned to their villages because security in Baghdad has improved overall.

Assessment based on 12,149 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 65.17% Tameem 0.48% Diyala 32.88% Anbar 0.30% International Organization for Migration 20 Babylon 1.04% Salah al-Din 0.14%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 100.00%

Access to Health Care?

District Yes No Total 89.84% 10.16% Al-Hai 99.57% 0.43% Al-Na'maniya 87.72% 12.28% Al-Suwaira 88.88% 11.12% Badra 72.20% 27.80% 89.05% 10.95%

Access to Medications?

District Yes No Total 20.61% 79.30% Al-Hai 20.80% 79.20% Al-Na'maniya 15.75% 84.25% Al-Suwaira 19.23% 80.77% Badra 17.29% 82.71% Kut 22.33% 77.50%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 & 2008 : In July, IOM assisted 3,270 IDP and host community families with food and non-food items in Wassit. During the recent crisis, IOM delivered 250 food baskets to the main hospital in Kut.

Please note that displacements and returns are occurring on a continuous basis, and IOM strives to update this information as frequently as possible. Through its monitoring and needs assessments, IOM has also developed Governorate Needs Assessment Profiles, the 2007 Iraq Displacement Year in Review, and IDP camp updates. For these and information on the IOM’s needs assessment methodology, see http://www.iom-iraq.net/idp.html .

For further information on IDP displacement in Iraq, please contact Dana Graber Ladek, Iraq Displacement Specialist, at [email protected] (+962 79 611 1759).

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