Presence of Foreigners in Iraq November 2020
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PRESENCE OF FOREIGNERS IN IRAQ NOVEMBER 2020 As part of DTM’s migration monitoring activities, the Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (REMAP) has been implemented in Iraq since 2019 in response to the critical need to collect and analyze information on displacement and human mobility. The aim of the activity is to strengthen evidence- based formulation and implementation of humanitarian and development policy and programming on migration and forced displacement in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. Following the activities of the REMAP project, DTM collected information on the numbers and locations of mobile population groups, in the current case Iraqis who have moved abroad. This document provides an overview of locations hosting either IDPs or returnees in which Iraqis have departed for another country in the year prior to the assessment, with the intention to emigrate. The data presented in this factsheet is taken from the Integrated Location Assessment (ILA) – Round V (completed from 1 July to 31 August 2020). ILA V provides an in-depth look into the situation of displaced and returning populations across Iraq, with a particular focus on the profiling of the locations in which these groups live. The data collected includes the demographic composition of locations, state of infrastructure, services, security, social cohesion and movement intentions for IDPs, and covers both in-camp and out-of-camp settings. Data collection for ILA V was conducted through a network of key informants across 3,810 non-camp locations hosting either IDPs or returnees (or both). These key informants were asked about the presence of foreigners, with the option of providing the population number of these persons. • Key informants reported the presence of foreigners in 15% of assessed locations, namely 578 out of the 3,810 locations. 15% • Foreigners were reported in 14 of the 18 assessed Governorates. The three Governorates with the OF LOCATIONS REPORTED highest proportion of locations reporting the presence of foreigners were Sulaymaniyah (35%, 205 THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGNERS locations), Erbil (17%, 97 locations) and Dahuk (13%, 78 locations). • 56% of the locations with the presence of foreigners reported a total of 14,490 foreigners. The top three locations reporting the highest foreigners were Sheladize Collective (800 foreigners) in Amedi District, Dahuk, Al-Ameriya (500 foreigners) in Najaf District, Najaf and Karezawshk 118 (450 Proportion of locations reporting the presence of foreigners by governorate foreigners) in Sulaymaniya District, Sulaymaniya Governorate. Zakho Sulaymaniyah 35% Dahuk Amedi Sumel Dahuk Mergasur Soran Akre Telafar Al-Shikhan Choman Erbil 17% Tilkaif Shaqlawa Al-Hamdaniya Rania Sinjar Pshdar Dahuk 13% Erbil Mosul Ninewa Erbil Koisnjaq Dokan Sharbazher Makhmur Penjwin Baghdad 10% Al-Ba'aj Dabes Kirkuk Sulaymaniyah Hatra Al-Shirqat Kirkuk Sulaymaniya Daquq Chamchamal Ninewa 8% Al-Hawiga Halabja Darbandikhan Baiji Kalar Tooz Basrah 4% Ra'ua Tikrit Salah al-Din Kifri Al-Daur Kirkuk 3% Samarra Khanaqin Al-Ka'im Haditha Diyala Al-Thethar Al-Khalis Ana Balad Thi-Qar 3% Heet Al-Fares Tarmia Al-Muqdadya Ba'quba Baladrooz Kadhimia Ramadi Anbar 2% BaghdadMada’in Mahmoudiya Anbar Falluja Al-Azezia Badra Muthanna 2% Al-Suwaira Kerbala Al-Mahawil Al-Rutba Al-Hindiya Wassit Al-Na'maniya Ain Al-Tamur Babylon Kut Kerbala Ali Al-Gharbi Kerbala Hilla 1% Hashimiya Al-Hai Kufa Amara Diwaniya Afaq Najaf 1% Al-ManatheraQadissiya Missan Al-Shamiya Al-Rifa'i Al-Mejar Al-Kabir Al-Maimouna Al-KahlaQal'at Saleh Hamza Al-Rumaitha Diyala 1% Al-Shatra Al-Samawa Thi-Qar Najaf Al-Khidhir Nassriya Al-Midaina b a Salah al-Din <1% Suq Al-Shoyokh r A Foreign nationals per district Al-Qurna - l Najaf A t t Al-Chibayish Basrah a h 1 - 87 S BasrahAbu Al-Khaseeb 88 - 250 Muthanna Al-Zubair Fao 251 - 853 Al-Salman 854 - 1,452 1,453 - 8,104 Disclaimer The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout the report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IOM concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its Funded by authorities, or concerning its frontiers or boundaries. IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration the European Union benefits migrants and society. As an intergovernmental organization, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to: assist in the meeting of operational challenges of migration; advance understanding of migration issues; © 2020 International Organization for Migration (IOM) encourage social and economic development through migration; and uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants..