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KIRKUK IOM Displacement Assessments GOVERNORATE PROFILE JULY 2009 KIRKUK IOM Displacement Assessments GOVERNORATE PROFILE JULY 2009 IOM IDP AND RETURNEE ASSESSMENT Iraq has a long history of displacement, JULY 2009 culminating most recently in the February 2006 bombing of the Samarra Al-Askari KIRKUK: DISPLACEMENT AT A GLANCE Mosque. Due primarily to sectarian violence, 1.6 million people were internally Governorate Statistics displaced, chiefly in 2006 and 2007, Total post-Feb 2006 IDPs1 8,798 families (est. 52,788 individuals) 2 2 according to government figures. Total pre-Feb 2006 IDPs 1,252 families (est. 7,512 individuals) Number of post-Feb 2006 IDPs 3 assessed by IOM 11,875 families (est. 71,250 individuals) IOM field monitoring teams assess the Returnees4 2523 families (est.15,138 individuals) varying needs and challenges of IDP and Capital Kirkuk returnee communities across the eighteen Districts Al-Hawiga, Daquq, Kirkuk Iraqi governorates. These comprehensive assessments of internally displaced persons Population5 902,019 individuals (IDPs) and returnees are conducted through Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kirkuk are a diverse group including Rapid Assessment questionnaires in conjunction with Iraqi authorities and other Arabs, Kurds, and Turkmen who have had to flee their homes, targeted for national and international actors. their sectarian, ethnic, political, or social affiliations. Kirkuk post-2006 displacement has continued through to 2009, with isolated displacement still IOM seeks to ascertain and disseminate occurring as ethnic and political tensions flare. detailed information about IDP and returnee needs and conditions in each Drought is a concern throughout Kirkuk, and IDP families are particularly governorate. A greater understanding of vulnerable to the implications of water shortage. IDPs in Kirkuk list water displacement and return in Iraq is intended along with shelter and food as their most urgent needs. to facilitate policy making, prioritizing areas of operation, and planning emergency and Displaced families in the governorate are chiefly from Kirkuk itself, Diyala, long-term responses. Salah al-Din and Baghdad. 68% say they would like to return given improved To date, IOM has assessed 223,898 IDP security and assistance to do so. families and identified 55,007 returnee families. Of these returnee families, 3,679 Quick Facts on Kirkuk IDPs & Returnees have participated in IOM in-depth needs assessment interviews. Unless otherwise ¾ Kirkuk IDPs are stated, all data in the profile is based on twice as likely to IOM-assessed populations. have fled due to direct IOM’s Recommendations for threats to life than the Projects in Kirkuk national average of IOM- assessed IDPs Repair a primary school in Yaramja ¾ 11% of IDP families in village and provide an outdoor play Kirkuk are female-headed, area for students compared to 10% national average among IOM- assessed IDPs ¾ 99% of IOM-assessed IDP families in Kirkuk are Displacement to Kirkuk unemployed 1 As per Ministry of Displacement and Migration. 2 As per IOM Phase II Monitoring, December 2005. 3 Please note that this is the number of post-February 2006 IDPs assessed by IOM, not the total number of IDPs in the governorate. 4 IOM Iraq’s Joint Operations Cell maintains a As per IOM Returnee Assessments, November 2008. database of project recommendations such 5 As per the Iraq Living Conditions Survey, UNDP and Ministry of Planning and Development as this one, submitted by IOM field Cooperation, 2004. monitors and others working in Iraq. Email: [email protected] INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION KIRKUK’S DISPLACED: WHO ARE THEY? Number of IDPs in Kirkuk by District According to the Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration, there are District Number Percentage of 8,798 IDP families registered in Kirkuk governorate. However, it is likely Families that due to security reasons and other factors, the IDP population here is Kirkuk Total 11875 100% under-registered. IOM monitors have assessed 11,875 post-2006 IDP Kirkuk District 6250 52.6% families in Kirkuk. Daquq 4296 36.2% Al-Hawiga 1329 11.2% The volatility of the disputed Kirkuk governorate has made it a place of continual ethnic and religious tensions and violence and thus also of IDP Governorate of Origin resulting displacement. Isolated incidents of displacement continue to Kirkuk 26.4% occur on a low level. Diyala 23.5% Salah al-Din 16.1% While most IDPs believe they were targeted for sectarian reasons, Baghdad 14.5% according to IOM assessments IDPs in Kirkuk fled after being targeted Ninewa 13.5% for religious, ethnic, political, and social affiliations as well as sectarian Anbar 4.3% reasons. 54% of IDPs in Kirkuk fled after having their lives directly Erbil 1.1% threatened, twice as many as the national average. Other 0.6% Reasons for Being Targeted Kirkuk All Iraq Belonging to a certain religion or sect 41.9% 84.8% Belonging to a certain ethnic group 19.9% 10.9% Holding a certain political opinion 17.6% 5.1% Belonging to a certain social group 2.6% 4.8% Do not think the group was targeted 0.4% 1.3% Post-Samarra displacement in Kirkuk has continued from 2006 through to 2009. IOM monitors are still assessing IDP populations in Kirkuk that were formerly inaccessible due to security issues. Monthly Displacement to Kirkuk Since 2006 s milie 1500 a F 1000 f o r 500 e 0 mb Nu 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 < 2/ 4/ 6/ 8/ 2/ 4/ 6/ 8/ 2/ 4/ 6/ 8/ 2/ 10/ 12/ 10/ 12/ 10/ 12/ Date of Displacement INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION KIRKUK: IDP DEMOGRAPHICS Percentage of Female-Headed Households (by district) Due to the nature of the sectarian violence in Iraq and conditions District Percentage of displacement, a significant number of IDP households in Total 10.7% Kirkuk are headed by women. This reaches almost 12% of IDP Al-Hawiga 11.6% families in Al Hawiga and Kirkuk districts. Female-headed Daquq 9.1% households are among the most vulnerable IDP families, as they Kirkuk 11.6% often have no steady income and cannot advocate for themselves with regard to social and bureaucratic issues. Kirkuk IDPs by Age and Gender Female Male Total Post-2006 IDP families in Kirkuk are a diverse group of Arabs, Under 1 year 267 232 499 Kurds, Turkmen, Muslims, Christians, and others. Half are 1 to 4 years old 676 562 1238 displaced from within Kirkuk or from Diyala, while others are 5-17 years old 990 976 1966 from Salah al-Din, Baghdad and Ninewa. 18-60 1632 1684 3316 Over 60 587 560 1147 IDP Religion and Ethnicity in Kirkuk District Assyrian- Arab- Turkmen- Chaldean- Arab- Kurd-Sunni Turkmen- Armenian- Turkmen- Other Christian Sunni Sunni Christian Shia Muslim Christian Christian Shia Muslim Muslim Muslim Muslim All Kirkuk 1.6% 55.6% 3.0% 0.8% 3.5% 18.2% 0.7% 0.2% 15.1% 1.6% Al-Hawiga 0.0% 99.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.1% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Daquq 0.0% 60.4% 1.2% 0.0% 1.4% 9.9% 0.0% 0.0% 24.0% 2.0% Kirkuk 3.0% 42.9% 4.9% 1.5% 5.5% 27.8% 0.9% 0.4% 12.3% 1.6% District Kirkuk IDP Settlement Intentions IDP Intentions in Kirkuk District Locally integrate in Resettle in a Return to Waiting on one the current location third location their place of or several factors Almost 68% of Kirkuk IDPs origin to make a report that they would like to decision return to their places of origin. Total 23.3% 4.1% 67.6% 5.0% Al-Hawiga 22.1% 0.2% 77.7% 0.0% Daquq 21.0% 0.9% 78.0% 0.1% Kirkuk District 25.1% 7.2% 58.3% 9.4% For the most part this would mean return within Kirkuk (29%) as well as return to Diyala (24%), Salah al-Din (18%), Baghdad (13%) and Ninewa (13%) governorates. Those returning to Baghdad would go primarily to Karkh and Resafa districts. Of those IDPs in Kirkuk that want to return, to which Governorate would they return? Governorate of Origin District of Baghdad Anbar Babylon Basrah Diyala Erbil Ninewa Salah al-Din Kirkuk Displacement Total 13.4% 1.6% 0.5% 0.2% 23.7% 1.1% 13.0% 18.0% 28.5% Al-Hawiga 7.8% 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% 17.8% 1.9% 12.8% 28.4% 25.7% Daquq 11.0% 1.4% 1.0% 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 6.4% 18.3% 39.7% Kirkuk 17.2% 0.7% 0.1% 0.5% 26.7% 1.8% 19.1% 14.7% 18.9% INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION KIRKUK’S DISPLACED PERSONS: LIVING CONDITIONS AND PRIORITY NEEDS Employment Kirkuk All Iraq At least one member of the family 1.5% 32.8 % has a job Almost all IDP famlies in Kirkuk assessed by IOM have no None of the members has a job 98.5% 67.2 % source of income, and one quarter live in precarious housing situations such as tents, collective settlements, and squatting in PDS ACCESS Kirkuk All Iraq public buildings and former military camps. All of these leave Sometimes 24.9% 20.1% IDP inhabitants with little access to basic services or protection Not at all 56.6% 46.2% from the elements, shadowed by a continual threat of eviction. Yes, always 18.1% 33.6% Access to potable water is difficult, causing many health ELECTRICITY Kirkuk All Iraq problems exacerbated by the distance to health facilities and lack No Electricity 16.5% 4.8% of sufficient equipment.
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