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Kirkuk Governoratre Profile.Indd KIRKUK GOVERNORATE PROFILE OVERVIEW3 JUNE 2015 1,515 IDP families 2% 61,831 IDP FAMILIES 42,390 IDP families 69% IDP camps 370,986 IDP INDIVIDUALS total population: 13,737 ndividuals1 planned: 21,120 individuals DISPLACEMENT OVER TIME IDP families hosted in the governorate2 IDP population 36% OF ALL IDPS ARE UNDER density IDP families who originate from the gover- 14 norate 59,230 61,83162,941 71,568 OF ALL IDP 12,281 IDP families 58,184 56,885 20% 57,482 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS IRAQ ORIGINATED FROM KIRKUK Laylan Yayawah 39,796 30,492 GOVERNORATE OF ORIGIN 28,534 22,064 19,779 11,92812,813 ll IDPs in 5,645 IDP families 10,295 10,737 f a Ir 11,198 28% o a 9% q 38% % 2,665 6,578 11,027 11,383 10,349 2 4,227 10,189 1 1,379 2,915 2,117 - - - 914 8% 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9% 17% Jul Jan Jun Oct Apr Apr Sep Feb Dec Aug Nov Mar Mar May May 99% Anbar Babylon Baghdad MOST COMMON SHELTER TYPES Diyala Kirkuk Ninewa INTENTIONS Salah al-Din WAVES OF DISPLACEMENT Iraq 3% 87% 8% ? Kirkuk 9% 99% 1% 23% Total 28% Rented Unknown4 Unfinished/ housing 57% 14% Abandoned Kirkuk 99% 1% buildings 12% Daquq 100% TOP PRIORITY NEEDS 31% 1 2 3 4 5 Dabes 100% 18% Locally integrate in current location Return to place of origin 90% Waiting on one or several factors Access Shelter Health NFIs Food 1- Pre-June14 2- June-July14 to work 3- August14 4- Post September14 1. Iraq - CCCM Camps status report, April 2015. Camp sites nased on REACH report: IDP and refugee camp locations as of 28 April 2015 2. IDP families who displaced to and within the governorate. 3. All information, unless otherwise specified, in this report is from IOM’s Displacement rackingT Matrix (DTM) from 24 May 2015, XXI round and from field reports of the Rapid Assessment and Response Teams. For more information on the DTM, visit: http://iomiraq.net/dtm-page 1 4. Due to limited access to the areas, which remain under AGs control, needs of 15% of IDPs in the location couldn’t be assessed by IOM. IOM Iraq Governorate profile: Kirkuk, May 2015 DISPLACEMENT TRENDS 1. IDPs by governorate of origin District of Governorate of origin Early in 2014, Kirkuk saw an initial wave of displace- displace- ment, with over 85,000 IDP individuals,9 98% of ment Anbar Bab- Bagh- Diyala Kirkuk Ninewa Salah Total OVERVIEW ylon dad al-Din of IDP which fled from Anbar and settled in Kirkuk district individuals Situated in northern Iraq, with a total popu- in particular. After AGs seized control of Mosul, Nine- Al-Hawiga 12,234 - - - 10,500 6,600 44,352 73,686 lation of 902,0195 Kirkuk is the center of the wa’s capital in early June, and later on Tikrit, Salah al- northern Iraqi petroleum industry and thus Din’s capital, an additional number of over 116,000 Dabes 480 - 300 300 5,430 1,980 600 9,090 of great strategic and economic importance individuals arrived to Kirkuk. Over half of this pop- Daquq 6,072 - 36 3,648 5,664 4,728 13,722 33,870 to the Baghdad Central Government. ulation displaced from Salah al-Din governorate, Kirkuk 88,002 480 1,176 22,134 38,868 19,350 84,330 254,340 During Saddam Hussein’s rule, Kirkuk was mostly settling in Kirkuk and Al-Hawiga districts. Grand Total 106,788 480 1,512 26,082 60,462 32,658 143,004 370,986 subject to the “Arabization” campaign that However, later this month AGs attacked southern evicted many Kurds and provided incentives parts of Kirkuk governorate, including Taza and for Arabs from the South to live there, aiming Bashir areas and Al-Hawiga district in the west. This in turn, pushed first IDPs to displace from conflict-affected areas within Kirkuk, to provide the Ba’thist government with con- totalling over 5,000 persons. In August, Hawiga fell under AGs control, which caused the displacement of more than 11,000 individu- trol over its rich oil resources.6 als. Additionally, following the AG advancements and the Sinjar offensive, Kirkuk saw the arrival of almost 170,000 IDP people. Over Due to this importance, the Kirkuk’s adminis- 83,000 of those originate in neighbouring Salah al-Din and fled to Kirkuk and Al-Hawiga districts. trative status is disputed by the Iraqi Central Since August, violence and fear have driven more than 59,000 residents of Kirkuk to displace within and outside their governorate. Government and the Kurdistan Government. The conflict, which broke out in December With over 108,000 IDP individuals who settled here after August 2014, Kirkuk became a very common destination for IDPs. Current- 2013 has already displaced over 370,000 ly, IOM staff report displacement movement from Al-Hawiga, Dabes and Al Mutlaq districts resulting from the military operations 10 IDP7 individuals to or within Kirkuk; addition- launched by ISF in March to reclaim the territories under the AGs control. ally more than 70,000 IDP individuals across Overall, the turmoil prevailing in the governorate pushed more than 11,000 residents of Kirkuk to flee outside the governorate, most Iraq originate in this governorate. of whom settled in Baghdad or Qadissiya governorates. This is in addition to the number of IDPs who displaced within Kirkuk, totalling The security situation in Kirkuk remains tense over 70,000 persons. as heavy clashes between Armed Groups WAVES OF DISPLACEMENT IN 2014 (AGs) and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) are on- JUNE-JULY going, causing more Iraqis to flee. The fights PRE JUNE POST AUGUST are occurring in particular in Dabes district. 116,226 IDP individu- als (19,371 families) 169,710 IDP individu- Reportedly, Alton Kopri area and the Dabes 85,050 IDP individu- als (14,715 families) displaced, 51% of als (28,285 families) district center is still accessible. However, the displaced, 98% of which originated displaced, 49% of areas around them remain under AGs control. which originated from Salah al-Din which originated from Moreover, the main road between Kirkuk and from Anbar Salah al-Din Dabes districts is closed. Access to Al-Hawiga district also remains limited due to the AGs activity. As ISF have reclaimed control over various 2014 KIRKUK 2015 areas of Kirkuk, IOM staff reported return IRAQ movement to the southern and western parts ANBAR CRISIS11 MOSUL CRISIS THE SINJAR OFFENSIVE of the governorate. Additionally, IDPs who In January clashes broke June 10, IS seized control of As IS continued persecuting originate in Salah al-Din and stayed in Kirkuk out in Ramadi, after the Ira- Mosul. Terrorists issued a Ninewa minorities, a vast were reportedly returning to their governo- qi army stormed a protest statement that Iraqi Chris- population of Kurdish 8 rate of origin. camp suspected of shelter- tians must ”convert, pay tax- Yazidis sought refuge in the ing insurgents. 94,927 fam- es, or be killled”.9 117,284 nearby Sinjar mountain. ilies displaced. families displaced. 277,626 families displaced. 5. Figures don›t include IDPs and Syrian refugees population and are based on Gol COSIT (2007); 8. RART Monthly narrative report, April 2015 6. Kirkuk Governorate Profile. JAU 2013 9. Number of individuals is counted by multiplying number of families by 6, that is an average size of an Iraqi family.; 7. IDPs and returnees are generally categorized in three different groups: those displaced prior to 2006 due to circumstances such asthe first and 10. RART Monthly narrative report;, May 2015 second Gulf Wars, policies of the former regime, and environmental issues; those displaced after the dramatic rise in sectarian conflict between 2006- 11. Ongoing displacement, IOM 2014 2 2008; and those who were displaced in late 2013 until present due to the armed group offensives that affected Iraq and Syria. IOM Iraq Governorate profile: Kirkuk, May 2015 2. Intentions by districts13 1% 1% In August 2014, after the Sinjar offensive, a US-led coalition launched Operation Inher- 8% ent Resolve, targeting AG facilities in Iraq and Syria. In Kirkuk, airstrikes mostly target INTENTIONS areas near Kirkuk city and locations in the Hawiga district. As a result, by the end of May 2015, 12% of all IDPs in Iraq were living in Kirkuk governorate. Furthermore, seven out of For many IDPs, the period of time spent in the 109 districts of Iraq districts report 41% (1,252,338 individuals) of the total displaced displacement has not yet exceeded two years, populations. Kirkuk district was one of them hosting 8% (over 254,000 persons) of the so they haven’t had time to settle in their new 100% 100% entire IDP population across Iraq. The availability of housing and central character of the 99% 99% 87% locations. An undefined future and the chang- district, which is an administrative capital of the governorate, is attracting IDPs to Kirkuk. ing character of the prevailing conflict which Al-Hawiga was the second largest IDP populated district within Kirkuk governorate, with lacks a clear balance of power between AGs almost 74,000 individuals. and ISF has clearly shaped the intentions of People who fled from Salah al-Din were an overwhelming majority in Al Hawiga and IDPs throughout Iraq. Kirkuk districts, comprising 60% and 33% of the total district IDP population, respective- Overall, intentions in Kirkuk governorate 3% ly. Kirkuk additionally held a large number of IDPs fleeing from Anbar (34% of the total seemed to be consistent with trends ob- Dabes Daquq Kirkuk Kirkuk Iraq served country-wide.
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