IOM EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS POST FEBRUARY 2006 DISPLACEMENT IN 1 DECEMBER 2007 BI-WEEKLY REPORT

The bombing of the Al-Askari shrine in on 22 February 2006 and the subsequent spike in violence and displacement brought to light the need to assess the conditions of these newly- displaced populations. Therefore, the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) and several organizations (such as IOM) have been registering and/or monitoring Iraqis who have been displaced since February 2006.

The estimated number of displaced since 22 February 2006 is almost 1,200,000 individuals 1. This figure, combined with the 1.2 million individuals 2 who were internally displaced before 22 February, results in an estimated 2.4 million IDPs in Iraq to date.

BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY ON IRAQI DISPLACEMENT:

Many families continue to return home, both from neighbouring countries, especially Syria, and from within Iraq. Reasons for returning are in part due to improved security conditions, especially in Baghdad, the place of origin for 70% of IDPs assessed by IOM. Iraqis are also returning due to deteriorating conditions in their place of displacement – lack of income, illegal status, rising cost of living, tensions with host communities, and lack of access to health care and education.3

The Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) reports that around 3,500 IDP returnee families have completed registration for the one million Iraqi dinar returnee stipend, and another 6,000 families are undergoing the registration process. 4 Many more returned last week from Damascus in bus transportation provided by the Government of Iraq. However, many return to internal displacement, as they cannot return to their homes due to occupation or their homes like in areas that have not become homogenized by the other sect. As mentioned in the last IOM report, displacement still continues, although much reduced, and many Iraqis do not feel that their safety is guaranteed to the point that they feel comfortable enough to return.

In coordination with the UN Country Team and MoDM, IOM will be assessing the needs of these returnees and providing assistance where appropriate. IOM will continue to focus on those Iraqis who remain displaced throughout the country and who suffer from lack of access to basic services and PDS food rations, poor housing conditions, unemployment, and other conditions that make them especially vulnerable.

MoDM is in the process of proving a stipend to registered IDPs of 150,000 Iraqi dinars per month for six months. Within the last two weeks, IDPs have received the first monthly amount in Basrah, Thi-Qar, Wassit, Muthanna, , Qadissiya, Missan, Babylon, Ninewa, and Salah al- Din. In Diyala, only IDPs in have received the monthly amount. Distribution for should take place this week.

The Department of Displacement and Migration (DDM) in the three northern governorates is working with MoDM to provide the displaced with the same IDP stipend. Therefore, new registration procedures have been put in place. IDPs must first visit the local security office, then go to DDM for an appointment for an interview, and then return to DDM with all members of the IDP family for the interview. Since there is no DDM office in or Dahuk, the governor’s office in each governorate requested that the security office register IDPs.

1 See Cluster F Update, 21 November 2007. Post-February data based on figures gathered from IOM for Anbar, from KRG for the three northern governorates, and from MoDM for the remaining 14 governorates. 2 As per IOM monitoring for the 15 central and southern governorates and UNOPS/UNHCR for the three northern governorates. See Cluster F Update, 21 November 2007. 3 For more information, see Cluster F Update, 21 November 2007. 4 See MoDM’s November 2007 report Summary Results IDP Registration – February 2006 to November 2007 .

International organization for migration The onset of winter is placing an increased burden on families with regards to obtaining kerosene for heating and cooking, and fuel prices are rising. Some IDPs are able to receive fuel rations through fuel ration cards. More IDP eviction and protection cases have been reported over the past two weeks, specifically in Najaf, Diyala, and Kirkuk.

Country-wide Statistics:

IDP Places of Origin:

Anbar 4.77% Muthanna 0.01% Babylon 0.95% Ninewa 2.91% Baghdad 66.08% Qadissiya 0.04% Basrah 1.99% Salah al-Din 3.34% Diyala 18.22% Kirkuk 1.31% 0.01% Thi-Qar 0.07% Kerbala 0.01% Wassit 0.27%

Religion :

Shia Muslim 63.17% Yazidi 0.07% Sunni Muslim 31.32% Unknown 0.02% Christian 5.39% Sabean Mandean 0.01%

Ethnicity:

Arab 90.36% Chaldean 1.40% Assyrian 3.77% Armenian 0.13% Kurd 2.57% Other 0.10% Turkmen 1.68%

Living arrangements:

Rented housing 58.24% No Answer 0.92% In the house of host 17.47% Tent in camp 0.77% family or relatives Other 9.25% Tent near house of 0.41% host Public building 6.99% Former military camp 0.32% Collective town 6.53% settlement

Intentions :

Return to their place 59.00% Resettle in a third 16.99% of origin location Locally integrate in 22.41% Waiting on one or 1.60% the current location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Shelter 71.99% Legal Help 18.74% Food 70.94% Health 12.20% Access to work 63.22% Sanitation 6.52% Other 26.25% Education 5.72% Water 21.41% Hygiene 2.23%

Anbar:

While security has improved throughout the governorate, the security situation is still unstable in

International Organization for Migration 2 Amirya due to attacks against tribal leaders. Karma is experiencing tribal tension due to competition to control the district. There are still some security problems in Rutba where the Anbar Rescue Council (ARC, “Awakening Council”) is pursuing insurgents.

Regarding the rest of the cities, the situation has improved and some construction and rehabilitation activities have started to take place. The ARC controls most areas in Anbar, while the Islamic party has influence in cities such as Ana.

Freedom of movement is still heavily limited in Anbar, which affects monitoring movements. Widespread roadblocks require monitors to travel to many locations on foot.

Due to the security situation stability, some IDPs originating from Anbar (displaced within the governorate) and Baghdad have started to return home. Many of the returning Baghdad families are finding their houses destroyed and their furniture stolen and have lost access to their livelihood/employment.

Generally, the majority of the hospitals and clinics in Anbar are functioning. The major weakness of the health sector in Anbar is not absence or poor condition of facilities, but the shortage of medicines, medical equipment and medical personnel. Patients are forced to buy the medicines from the black market while those in need of surgery travel to other governorates, especially Dohuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniya. The local health authorities in have started to construct a new clinic unit for the special need and disabled cases.

Local authorities are rehabilitating water networks in some areas of Anbar, such as the Jubeil and Shuhada areas in Fallujah. The water network pipeline of Ukashat has been rehabilitated.

Assessment based on 10,188 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 31.08% Baghdad 64.15% Babylon 0.08% Basrah 4.69%

Religion :

Sunni Muslim 100.00%

Ethnicity:

Arab 100.00%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 12.25% Public building 6.05% settlement Former military camp 0.86% Rented housing 49.33% In the house of host 27.32% Tent near house of 0.97% family or relatives host Other 3.21%

Intentions :

Locally integrate in 0.98% Return to their place 85.90% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 11.99% Waiting on one or 1.13% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Food 88.42% Access to work 25.34%

International Organization for Migration 3 Water 74.51% Health 11.85% Shelter 55.84% Other 8.56% Education 28.57% Hygiene 7.09%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : IOM completed various distributions of food, water and non-food items for 961 IDP families (February), 392 families (March), and 542 families over the summer. IOM is currently distributing food and non-food items to 1344 IDP families. IOM will start water trucking in December in areas lacking potable water.

Babylon :

Security in Babylon continues to be relatively stable except in Al-Musayeb and Al-Mahaweel districts. Recently, some IDP families in Al-Askandariya sub-district were displaced again within the governorate due to insecurity. Insecurity in Jurf Al Sakher is preventing IDPs from moving freely, including reaching the nearest health clinic.

Numerous families interviewed are not receiving their PDS food rations, either because rations are not available or they do not want to transfer their ration card because they hope to return to their place of origin. Some IDPs are selling their possessions in order to afford food. A high number of IDP orphans (27) have been identified in Al Askandariya in Al Askan sub-district.

Seven very poor IDP families living on government property near Al Murtadha neighbourhood (long. 28-009 and lat. 24-810) received an official warning that they must evacuate within a month because a governmental project will be constructed in their location.

Assessment based on 9,168 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 1.97% Ninewa 0.15% Babylon 4.18% Qadissiya 0.01% Baghdad 83.31% Salah al-Din 2.23% Diyala 6.25% Kirkuk 0.71% Kerbala 0.03% Wassit 1.16%

Religion :

Shia Muslim 96.05% Sunni Muslim 3.87% Yazidi 0.08%

Ethnicity:

Arab 100.00%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 4.83% Public building 10.87% settlement Former military camp 0.66% Rented housing 65.39% In the house of host 10.37% Tent in camp 0.12% family or relatives Other 7.75% Tent near house of 0.01% host

Intentions :

Locally integrate in 27.70% Return to their place 38.07% the current location of origin

International Organization for Migration 4 Resettle in a third 34.16% Waiting on one or 0.08% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Food 68.90% Health 25.24% Access to work 67.21% Other 15.26% Shelter 55.27% Education 7.56% Water 31.21% Sanitation 3.17% Legal Help 25.56% Hygiene 0.15%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007: In July, IOM completed a food and non-food items distribution to 3,000 IDP and host community families in Babylon.

Baghdad :

The security situation over the past few months has stabilized somewhat, with fewer reported explosions, killings, and abductions. This, along with deterioration in the places of displacement, is drawing Iraqis back to their homes or former neighbourhoods in the city (see above for more information). Some returnee families reported that their houses had been damaged, with consequent lack of basic services such as water and electricity. They also are unable to access educational or health facilities, due to their destruction/distance or continued control by militants.

Monitors focused on the areas of Al Mada'an and Diyala Bridge. These areas (like many areas with a high percentage of IDPs) lack employment opportunities, water networks, proper health care resources, and equipment (desks, chalkboards) in the schools. IDPs do report access to PDS food rations, although food items are often missing.

Assessment based on 32,313 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 2.24% Missan 0.01% Babylon 0.09% Ninewa 0.11% Baghdad 80.29% Salah al-Din 1.19% Basrah 0.02% Kirkuk 0.37% Diyala 15.66% Wassit 0.03%

Religion :

Shia Muslim 75.88% Sunni Muslim 24.09% Yazidi 0.03%

Ethnicity:

Arab 99.86% Kurd 0.13% Turkmen 0.01%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 5.43% Public building 3.42% settlement Former military camp 0.08% Rented housing 60.49% In the house of host 13.86% Tent in camp 1.03% family or relatives Other 15.68% Tent near house of 0.01% host

Intentions :

International Organization for Migration 5 Locally integrate in 5.20% Return to their place 78.90% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 14.00% Waiting on one or 1.91% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Shelter 78.94% Health 10.89% Food 68.82% Legal Help 8.24% Other 51.64% Water 7.04% Access to work 49.38% Education 2.34% Sanitation 21.72% Hygiene 0.65%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : IOM completed a food and non-food items distribution to 2,895 families in Baghdad in April. In February, IOM completed a non-food items distribution to 346 families. In August, IOM completed a food and non-food items distribution to 198 families affected by the explosions in . In December, IOM will start distributions of food and non-food items to 3,000 vulnerable IDP and host community families.

Basrah :

Security fluctuates in Basrah, with periods of stability followed by attacks, especially due to continuing tribal conflict, which forces schools, shops, and public offices to close. An increase in the kidnapping of women has been reported, as well as secondary displacement as IDPs flee from insecure to stable areas within the governorate.

IDP children in Al-Zubair report inability to enroll in school due to a lack of documentation from their previous school.

According to the MoDM Basrah office, about 700 IDP families have returned from Basrah to their original homes.

Assessment based on 4,512 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 8.09% Ninewa 0.13% Babylon 2.02% Qadissiya 0.04% Baghdad 51.62% Salah al-Din 27.59% Basrah 0.42% Kirkuk 3.77% Diyala 6.05% Wassit 0.27%

Religion :

Shia Muslim 99.93% Sunni Muslim 0.02% Unknown 0.04%

Ethnicity:

Arab 100.00%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 0.35% Public building 22.78% settlement Former military camp 0.02% Rented housing 54.58% In the house of host 20.16% Tent in camp 0.13% family or relatives Other 1.98%

Intentions : International Organization for Migration 6

Locally integrate in 87.60% Return to their place 5.04% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 7.19% Waiting on one or 0.18% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Shelter 99.07% Water 2.84% Access to work 97.81% Health 0.86% Food 67.30% Education 0.49% Legal Help 26.22% Sanitation 0.27% Other 5.10% Hygiene 0.04%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007: In October, IOM completed the distribution of food and non-food items to 2,683 IDP families.

Dahuk:

Security is stable in Dahuk with no recent reports of cross-border shelling by the Turkish military.

The director of local Department of Displacement and Migration office reported that the most urgent needs for IDPs in Dahuk are fuel, winter non-food items and food items, especially for those who are not receiving their PDS ration, in addition to income generation. He reported 50 families who are living in governmental buildings that require maintenance in Fayda sub-district (Ninewa governorate, but controlled by KRG).

There is not a lack of access to health care or water for IDPs who can afford it. However, lack and expense of electricity and fuel is a problem throughout the governorate. A lack of coordination between authorities prevents transfer of PDS food rations, especially from Baghdad. IDPs from Ninewa try to return to their home to pick up their rations, but insecurity makes this difficult. The Ministry of Finance has provided IDPs with some non-food items and food assistance.

The language barrier continues to be a challenge for IDPs, since almost all come from the Arabic- speaking center and south.

Assessment based on 1,453 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 0.48% Diyala 0.07% Babylon 0.07% Ninewa 36.61% Baghdad 60.56% Salah al-Din 0.14% Basrah 0.96% Kirkuk 1.10%

Religion :

Christian 69.58% Sunni Muslim 26.63% Sabean Mandean 0.07% Yazidi 1.45% Shia Muslim 2.06%

Ethnicity:

Chaldean 35.27% Arab 2.48% Assyrian 27.95% Turkmen 0.83% Kurd 27.12% Other 0.35% Armenian 6.00%

Living arrangements:

International Organization for Migration 7 Collective town 30.39% Rented housing 49.52% settlement In the house of host 17.82% Tent in camp 0.07% family or relatives Other 1.24% Tent near house of 0. host Public building 0.76%

Intentions :

Locally integrate in 60.03% Return to their place 14.47% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 24.95% Waiting on one or 0.55% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Access to work 88.92% Education 20.99% Shelter 45.49% Water 11.98% Food 44.53% Sanitation 1.93% Health 23.81% Legal Help 1.38% Other 21.82% Hygiene 0.62%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : None to date.

Diyala :

Al-Muqdadiya district continues to be unstable and witnesses clashes between MNF-I and insurgents. Ba’quba is experiencing slow improvement in security.

A new camp was established in October in Diyala by the Iraqi Red Crescent. Al Salem camp has 100 tents and is populated by 160 IDP families displaced from Al Ibady village in Al-Muqdadiya district within Diyala. The camp is located inside a former sport club with services such as water and electricity.

In Hay Al Salam and Al Jaizany in Al-Khalis district there is no health facility, so IDP families must travel to the district centre for health assistance, facing the risk of attacks and fake checkpoints along the main road.

126 IDP families living in a former military college in Khan Beni Sa'ad received an eviction order at the end of September due to plans to use the facility as a military base. These evictions have not been carried out and none of the families have left, although all live in fear of being forced from their shelter.

Assessment based on 9,934 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 0.27% Diyala 78.65% Babylon 0.23% Qadissiya 0.03% Baghdad 20.15% Salah al-Din 0.17% Basrah 0.10% Kirkuk 0.39%

Religion:

Shia Muslim 45.84% Sunni Muslim 54.16%

Ethnicity:

International Organization for Migration 8 Arab 88.99% Kurd 10.78% Turkmen 0.23%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 5.61% Public building 16.48% settlement Former military camp 1.92% Rented housing 40.88% In the house of host 23.47% Tent in camp 1.99% family or relatives Other 8.53% Tent near house of 1.12% host

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 8.41% Return to their place 82.17% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 9.38% Waiting on one or 0.05% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Food 97.93% Water 13.85% Shelter 76.33% Health 2.54% Legal Help 56.65% Hygiene 0.70% Access to work 30.24% Education 0.58% Other 21.14%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007: In September, IOM completed the distributions of food and non-food items to 3,350 IDP families in Diyala. Also in September, IOM together with UNHCR assisted 1,400 families with food and non-food items.

Erbil :

As with the rest of Iraq, monitors in Erbil are starting to notice increased returns to the south. IDPs are reportedly returning to Baghdad due to increased stability, but IDPs originally from other governorates are waiting for security improvements. Many IDPs in said they planned to return soon, especially those from , but they are still waiting for improved security.

As of now the KRG does not have figures on how many have returned or how many IDPs have left. Reportedly, returnees are not reporting their return because they want to keep their displacement papers in case the security deteriorates and they are forced to leave again.

IDPs are expressing their concern for the coming winter season, especially anticipating cold weather in the north.

IDPs in Khabat district cited a lack of fuel or inability to afford fuel. In Khabat, there are 322 IDP families living in 11 public buildings, mostly schools. Post-February 2006 IDPs are intermixed with IDPs displaced previously, some since 1991.

Around 20 especially vulnerable IDPs families live in Khabat district in dilapidated make-shift houses, which they made using bricks and mud with nylon fabric ceilings. They are in need of non-food items. There are no Arabic-speaking schools in Khabat district, and the area also suffers from poor sewage systems.

Assessment based on 1,669 families.

Places of Origin:

International Organization for Migration 9 Anbar 0.66% Erbil 0.18% Babylon 0.06% Ninewa 23.61% Baghdad 70.94% Salah al-Din 0.06% Basrah 0.18% Kirkuk 3.24% Diyala 0.54%

Religion :

Christian 83.34% Sunni Muslim 11.80% Sabean Mandean 0.42% Yazidi 0.12% Shia Muslim 2.64%

Ethnicity:

Chaldean 61.14% Kurd 4.96% Assyrian 14.08% Armenian 3.00% Arab 10.16% Turkmen 0.24% Other 6.43%

Living arrangements:

Rented housing 95.77% Other 0.48% In the house of host 3.69% Tent in camp 0.06% family or relatives

Intentions :

Locally integrate in 7.14% Return to their place 89.68% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 3.06% Waiting on one or 0.12% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Shelter 99.28% Access to work 95.42% Legal Help 48.65% Education 27.27% Other 0.30%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : IOM is starting distributions of food and non- food items to 2,000 vulnerable IDP and host community families in December.

Kerbala :

Security in Kerbala continues to be stable.

Areas of Kerbala City with a high concentration of IDPs suffer from poor sewage systems, creating health problems and a need to obtain water from contaminated wells or nearby streams. IDPs are selling their food rations to cover other costs, while for others the rations are their main source of food. Intermittent electricity, with blackouts reaching twenty hours a day, is also a problem. Some schools are located at a distance from IDP concentrations, which especially affects the ability of girls to travel, and lack equipment such as desks.

As mentioned in the last report, 40 IDP families returned from the Al-Shuhadaa area in Kerbala due to improved security in their place of origin, 23 of them returning to Al-Musayeb, Babylon and 17 families returning to the Al-Amiriyah and Hay Al-Jehad areas in Baghdad .

Assessment based on 5,855 families.

Places of Origin:

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Anbar 10.93% Ninewa 3.09% Babylon 3.06% Salah al-Din 1.61% Baghdad 60.02% Kirkuk 1.62% Diyala 19.66% Wassit 0.02%

Religion:

Shia Muslim 99.69% Yazidi 0.31%

Ethnicity:

Arab 98.34% Turkmen 1.66%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 21.76% Rented housing 51.59% settlement In the house of host 8.06% Tent in camp 0.90% family or relatives Other 4.96% Tent near house of 1.25% host Public building 11.47%

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 39.46% Return to their place 52.68% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 7.31% Waiting on one or 0.55% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Access to work 86.29% Sanitation 7.53% Food 74.96% Legal Help 5.21% Shelter 73.57% Education 5.19% Other 25.21% Health 3.53% Water 13.65% Hygiene 0.41%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : IOM provided food and non-food items distributions to 3,108 families in Kerbala in July and August.

Kirkuk :

Security continues to be unstable in Kirkuk. Many IDPs have not been able to register with MoDM due to the security situation. Turkmen have been threatened with death if Turkey makes an assault in the north. Al-Hawiga is especially dangerous, and lately monitors cannot reach the IDPs.

IDPs in Mura and Qawmat villages in district report that insurgents are actively recruiting from IDP and host community families, who are especially vulnerable to this pressure due to high unemployment. IDPs have also received threat letters to support the insurgency or leave.

Twenty-five IDP families displaced from Diyala and in Al Wassity sub-district of have built makeshift homes on land owned by the municipality. This group recently received an eviction order from the police in order for the local authorities to remove the homes, but these IDPs do not have alternative shelter.

International Organization for Migration 11 About 10 IDP widows in Albu Juhaimy village in Al-Hawiga district do not have a source of income and depend on the generosity of the host community for assistance. Religious extremists impose a dress code and are reportedly harassing these and other IDPs.

Assessment based on 4,860 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 2.82% Najaf 0.06% Babylon 0.37% Ninewa 9.38% Baghdad 27.49% Salah al-Din 13.52% Basrah 0.45% Kirkuk 11.03% Diyala 34.65% Thi-Qar 0.08% Erbil 0.14%

Religion:

Christian 4.16% Sunni Muslim 74.47% Shia Muslim 20.97% Unknown 0.41%

Ethnicity:

Arab 58.97% Assyrian 2.86% Turkmen 19.20% Chaldean 0.91% Kurd 17.67% Armenian 0.39%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 4.35% Public building 8.13% settlement Former military camp 0.31% Rented housing 33.06% In the house of host 26.95% Tent in camp 0.21% family or relatives Other 24.96% Tent near house of 2.03% host

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 18.74% Return to their place 77.20% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 2.94% Waiting on one or 1.11% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Shelter 94.82% Water 5.68% Food 93.02% Education 4.41% Access to work 53.47% Other 3.19% Legal Help 35.77% Sanitation 1.95% Health 7.23% Hygiene 0.37%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007: In February, IOM completed a distribution to 743 IDP families in Kirkuk with food and non-food items. IOM will distribute food and non-food items to 1,500 vulnerable IDP and host community families in December.

Missan :

Security in Missan continues to be stable.

IDPs in Missan are increasingly suffering from inadequate and inefficient sanitation and sewage systems. Monitors noted gastrointestinal diseases and skin problems among IDPs due to the use of river water for drinking and washing. International Organization for Migration 12

In Hay al Shuhada’a in Misharrah sub-district in Kahla, ten families displaced from Baghdad are living in a kindergarten. The facility does not have glass in its windows or proper facilities, and the IDPs lost most of their possessions due to displacement. The families are in need of food and non-food items (project recommendation information available upon request).

Assessment based on 5,696 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 1.05% Kerbala 0.02% Babylon 0.21% Ninewa 0.14% Baghdad 86.22% Salah al-Din 3.95% Basrah 0.25% Kirkuk 1.51% Diyala 6.14% Wassit 0.51%

Religion:

Sabean Mandean 0.02% Shia Muslim 99.98%

Ethnicity:

Arab 100.00%

Living arrangements :

Collective town 4.94% Public building 17.43% settlement Former military camp 0.03% Rented housing 48.70% In the house of host 15.76% Tent in camp 0.05% family or relatives Other 12.88% Tent near house of 0.23% host

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 39.95% Return to their place 45.24% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 10.58% Waiting on one or 4.23% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Shelter 67.26% Health 11.84% Other 64.69% Sanitation 7.29% Access to work 63.71% Hygiene 2.88% Water 43.46% Legal Help 1.58% Food 36.99% Education 0.30%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007: None to date.

Muthanna :

The security situation in Muthanna continues to be calm.

Twelve IDP families living in Al Najmi sub-district in a school have been threatened by the government to evacuate the school immediately because the school is included in a school rehabilitation plan being implemented throughout the governorate.

International Organization for Migration 13 IDP families in several villages (Al Swer sub-district, Al Tawra'a village, Al Aqu'on village) report a lack of potable water and depend on water trucking but report that water supply is insufficient, forcing some to use streams for drinking and washing.

Monitors did an informal study of 277 IDP boys and girls of different ages who left their studies for many reasons. They found the following:

Of 141 IDP girls: 116 left the schools due to the tradition. 4 left the schools to join the work. 14 left the schools due to fear. 7 left the schools due to the lack of money

Of 136 IDP boys: 34 left the schools to join the work. 94 left the schools due to the lack of money 2 left the schools due to the diseases. 6 left the schools because they don’t have formal documents.

Assessment based on 2,684 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 7.19% Ninewa 0.86% Babylon 1.86% Qadissiya 0.63% Baghdad 73.06% Salah al-Din 1.30% Diyala 14.23% Wassit 0.67% Erbil 0.19%

Religion:

Shia Muslim 100.00%

Ethnicity:

Arab 100.00%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 1.71% Public building 1.56% settlement Former military camp 0.00% Rented housing 71.69% In the house of host 19.58% Tent near house of 1.26% family or relatives host Other 4.20%

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 35.18% Return to their place 43.61% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 20.35% Waiting on one or 0.86% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Shelter 78.61% Other 19.26% Food 60.73% Education 12.89% Access to work 53.32% Legal Help 5.81% Water 34.91% Hygiene 5.51% Health 24.11% Sanitation 4.58%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007: None to date. International Organization for Migration 14

Najaf :

Security in Najaf remains stable.

MoDM and local authorities established 70 caravans (mobile housing units) at Al-Manathera camp and are planning to provide a total of 120 housing units. According to MoDM, the camp is full and only extremely vulnerable cases, such as widows and orphans, are still allowed to reside within. Lack of transportation continues to prevent children from attending the nearest school, which is far from the camp.

An increased number of IDP families in Najaf (35 identified this period in Al Jedayda, Al Jazera, and Al Jame’a neighbourhoods) have been threatened with eviction from rental homes due to inability to pay rent.

Assessment based on 5,702 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 1.95% Ninewa 1.74% Babylon 1.02% Salah al-Din 0.86% Baghdad 87.97% Kirkuk 0.79% Diyala 5.66% Wassit 0.02%

Religion:

Shia Muslim 100.00%

Ethnicity:

Arab 99.77% Kurd 0.23%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 11.66% Other 0.05% settlement Former military camp 0.12% Public building 1.56% In the house of host 2.21% Rented housing 84.39% family or relatives

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 4.56% the current location Return to their place 95.42% of origin Waiting on one or 0.02% several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Shelter 95.44% Other 6.61% Food 91.74% Legal Help 3.42% Access to work 91.09% Health 3.09% Water 8.23% Hygiene 0.09%

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

Ninewa :

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Security continues to be unstable throughout the governorate, although the military opened some main roads in Mosul city, allowing for increased freedom of movement.

As mentioned in the last biweekly report, food transport from Baghdad to Mosul and Makhmur is extremely difficult due to insecurity. Many IDPs and host community members therefore depend on local markets for food, which is increasingly expensive. Most of the IDPs visited during the past two weeks transferred their ration share, but rations lack some essential items such as rice.

In the center of Talaskaf sub-district in Tilkaif, 20 IDP families (133 people) who live in rented housing have no income, and the group is composed of vulnerable members (34 elderly, four female-headed households). They fear the coming winter and rising rental prices and are in need of winter clothes and non-food items (project recommendation information available upon request).

Assessment based on 8,623 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 0.75% Ninewa 24.18% Babylon 0.63% Qadissiya 0.14% Baghdad 60.88% Salah al-Din 0.90% Basrah 10.07% Kirkuk 0.81% Diyala 1.35% Thi-Qar 0.05% Erbil 0.05% Wassit 0.20%

Religion:

Christian 54.25% Shia Muslim 2.83% Sunni Muslim 42.54% Yazidi 0.38%

Ethnicity:

Assyrian 50.13% Kurd 0.50% Arab 32.78% Armenian 0.27% Turkmen 12.27% Other 0.20% Chaldean 3.85%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 0.49% Public building 0.86% settlement Former military camp 0.12% Rented housing 74.50% In the house of host 18.65% Tent in camp 2.88% family or relatives Other 1.80% Tent near house of 0.70% host

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 1.17% Return to their place 73.85% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 24.93% Waiting on one or 0.05% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Legal Help 95.56% Health 7.34%

International Organization for Migration 16 Access to work 85.29% Hygiene 3.91% Shelter 80.41% Education 1.67% Food 14.30% Sanitation 1.10% Other 9.53% Water 0.71%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : IOM provided food and non-food items to 4,587 IDP and host community families in Ninewa in July and August. In September and October IOM provided water tanks, clothes and water trucking to 500 IDP families affected by explosions in . IOM also provided a distribution of food and non-food items, including fuel, to 160 families in the tent camp in Girdassen, district. In November, IOM provided fuel to 199 IDP families living in Girdassen, Delarok and Sheladize. In December, IOM will distribute plastic sheeting, heaters and winter clothes to the same 199 IDP families. Also in December, IOM will distribute food and non-food items to 700 vulnerable IDP and host community families in Ninewa.

Qadissiya :

Security is unstable throughout the governorate, with frequent curfews, bombings, and clashes between Iraq Forces and militants. Movement is heavily restricted.

IDPs are reportedly selling their PDS food rations in order to buy other needed items, such as medicine. Those IDPs in Al Salaheya sub-district who are able are working in agriculture but receive very low income, and some IDP children work to sell trinkets or as porters.

In Shurta neighborhood in Afaq district, 35 families displaced from Baghdad are living in constructed mud brick homes on land that is being reclaimed. The group has many widows and orphans and is in need of food and non-food items, in addition to protection from eviction (project recommendation information available upon request).

Assessment based on 3,673 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 4.47% Ninewa 0.08% Babylon 1.82% Salah al-Din 2.83% Baghdad 81.76% Kirkuk 2.56% Basrah 0.03% Wassit 0.25% Diyala 6.21%

Religion:

Shia Muslim 100.00%

Ethnicity:

Arab 100.00%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 7.69% Public building 9.98% settlement Former military camp 0.00% Rented housing 58.75% In the house of host 19.30% Tent in camp 0.78% family or relatives Other 3.11% Tent near house of 0.39% host

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 35.53% Return to their place 29.37% the current location of origin

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Top priority needs:

Access to work 92.24% Water 17.72% Shelter 89.98% Legal Help 9.56% Food 63.54% Health 4.00% Other 22.16% Education 0.68%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : IOM will distribute food and non-food items to 2,000 vulnerable IDP and host community families in December.

Salah al-Din :

Security remains unstable in the governorate, especially in Samara, where most government offices have closed, few NGOs are working, and IDPs receive little, if any, assistance. A curfew is in effect, and damage to basic services (electrical, water supply, etc.) makes conditions extremely difficult for both IDPs and host communities. The curfew and security situation prevent IDPs from accessing work, and schools have closed.

A member of the provincial council reports that the council started distributing identification cards to IDPs, except those from Samara (within the governorate) and Anbar, whom the council does not consider IDPs, because they claim that they do not come from areas of sectarian violence.

Assessment based on 8,653 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 2.63% Ninewa 0.54% Babylon 0.39% Qadissiya 0.18% Baghdad 62.45% Salah al-Din 6.70% Basrah 14.39% Kirkuk 1.95% Diyala 8.63% Thi-Qar 0.99% Kerbala 0.08% Wassit 1.04%

Religion:

Shia Muslim 4.77% Sunni Muslim 95.12%

Ethnicity:

Arab 97.72% Turkmen 1.54% Kurd 0.74%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 3.32% Public building 6.69% settlement Former military camp 0.52% Rented housing 68.67% In the house of host 13.37% Tent in camp 0.16% family or relatives Other 6.97% Tent near house of 0.31% host

Intentions:

International Organization for Migration 18 Locally integrate in 11.19% Return to their place 41.16% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 39.86% Waiting on one or 7.78% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Food 86.32% Water 11.58% Shelter 84.39% Hygiene 8.90% Access to work 64.83% Legal Help 3.02% Other 24.85% Education 2.28% Health 13.57% Sanitation 0.22%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007: IOM will start distributions of food and non- food items to 1,500 vulnerable IDP and host community families in December.

Sulaymaniyah :

The security situation in Sulaymaniyah remains calm.

Monitors recorded 55 families who left and returned to Diyala and Baghdad. They returned due to improved security in Baghdad and to avoid transferring their PDS cards and registering their children in new schools in Sulaymaniyah. However, some are reportedly not returning to their homes but within a few kilometers of their place of origin, due to sectarian homogeneity (such as in A'adamia in Baghdad, where one section is Sunni and the other is Shia).

Most IDPs have access to fuel but cannot afford to buy it, especially with increasing fuel prices with the onset of winter. The electricity is available only for 3 hours per day.

The IDPs total number of IDPs in Qalawa camp is 145 families as of last week.

Assessments based on 2,965 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 4.01% Ninewa 1.79% Babylon 0.13% Salah al-Din 1.08% Baghdad 28.30% Sulaymaniyah 0.13% Basrah 0.24% Kirkuk 0.30% Diyala 63.64% Thi-Qar 0.10% Kerbala 0.07% Wassit 0.03%

Religion :

Christian 0.13% Shia Muslim 13.96% Other 0.03% Sunni Muslim 85.70% Sabean Mandean 0.07% Yazidi 0.10%

Ethnicity:

Arab 69.14% Chaldean 0.07% Kurd 30.42% Assyrian 0.03% Turkmen 0.34%

Living arrangements:

In the house of host 3.17% Rented housing 87.82% family or relatives Other 5.16% Tent in camp 3.75% Public building 0.10%

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Locally integrate in 7.14% Return to their place 89.68% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 3.06% Waiting on one or 0.12% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Food 87.44% Legal Help 3.59% Other 76.84% Health 2.12% Access to work 54.60% Sanitation 1.37% Education 52.93% Hygiene 0.96% Shelter 19.88% Water 0.89%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : In response to the cholera health emergency in Sulaymaniyah, IOM donated Compound Sodium Lactate intravenous infusions and sodium chloride 0.9% intravenous infusions. In December, IOM will start trucking water to cholera- affected areas. Also in December, IOM will start distributions of food and non-food items to 2,500 vulnerable IDP and host community families.

Thi Qar :

Security continues to be calm in Thi-Qar. Due to intermittent electricity, IDPs illegally connect to local networks. Many IDP children in poor areas are reportedly leaving school in order to work or because they lack documentation.

The governorate suffers from adequate sanitation system and sewage systems, leading to disease. IDPs in Hay Al Tadhhiya lack access to potable water; the water network is off for weeks at a time. A group of 17 families displaced from Baghdad live in Hay Al Tadhhiya village in Qadissiya. They reside in shelter without electricity and potable water and depend on assistance from their relatives. They are in need of food and non-food items (project recommendation available upon request.

According to MoDM office in Thi-Qar, 225 IDP families returned to their homes in Baghdad.

Assessment based on 5,611 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 3.74% Muthanna 0.23% Babylon 2.66% Ninewa 0.07% Baghdad 67.62% Salah al-Din 14.08% Basrah 0.04% Kirkuk 2.71% Diyala 7.59% Wassit 1.18%

Religion:

Sabean Mandean 0.04% Shia Muslim 99.82% Sunni Muslim 0.14%

Ethnicity:

Arab 99.96% Other 0.04%

Living arrangements :

Collective town 11.32% Public building 5.35% settlement

International Organization for Migration 20 Former military camp 0.00% Rented housing 49.24% In the house of host 25.37% Tent in camp 0.33% family or relatives Other 7.96% Tent near house of 0.43% host

Intentions:

Locally integrate in 47.72% Return to their place 40.83% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 10.90% Waiting on one or 0.55% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Access to work 95.10% Legal Help 7.11% Shelter 93.12% Water 4.10% Food 77.28% Hygiene 1.57% Other 12.42% Education 0.77% Health 7.66%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007: None to date.

Wassit :

The security situation remains calm.

Lack of clean drinking water in Hay 14 th Ramadan and Al Hai district is causing an increase in gastrointestinal diseases and urinary tract infections among the IDPs and host community. Monitors visited the Al Batool hospital of gynecology to discuss prenatal care for pregnant IDPs. Doctors informed them that IDPs do not make regular visits nor receive the prenatal care they need, primarily due to a lack of funds.

A group of four families displaced from Baghdad to Mahallat Al Arab in Al-Hai district. They have not transferred their PDS card, have no source of income, and have several elderly members. They are in need of food and non-food items (project recommendation available upon request).

Assessment based on 11,690 families.

Places of Origin:

Anbar 0.34% Diyala 30.92% Babylon 1.08% Salah al-Din 0.15% Baghdad 67.01% Kirkuk 0.50%

Religion:

Shia Muslim 100.00%

Ethnicity:

Arab 100.00%

Living arrangements:

Collective town 6.09% Rented housing 46.48% settlement In the house of host 30.84% Tent in camp 0.09% family or relatives

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Intentions:

Locally integrate in 64.97% Return to their place 6.39% the current location of origin Resettle in a third 25.71% Waiting on one or 2.93% location several factors to make a decision

Top priority needs:

Access to work 83.95% Legal Help 11.59% Food 68.09% Other 4.31% Water 62.13% Hygiene 3.17% Health 35.12% Sanitation 1.02% Shelter 30.12% Education 0.54%

IOM emergency distribution assistance in 2007 : In July, IOM assisted 3,270 IDP and host community families with food and non-food items in Wassit.

Please note that displacements 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 Mid- Year 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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