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IOM EMERGENCY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS POST FEBRUARY 2006 DISPLACEMENT IN IRAQ 1 APRIL 2008 BI-WEEKLY REPORT

Following the February 2006 bombing of the Samarra 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 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

At the time of writing, intense clashes occurred during the past week in Baghdad and the south. Basrah was especially affected, with continuous fighting between security forces and militants. Babylon, Qadissiya, Najaf, Thi Qar, Wassit, and Missan were also affected. Almost all southern governorates imposed curfews, and residents were unable to leave their homes. There are anecdotal reports of low-level displacement due to fierce fighting in Basrah, Baghdad, and several other southern governorates; however, insecurity has severely restricted the movement of IOM monitors. Water and food shortage are of primary concern, and humanitarian agencies until recently could not reach affected families due to the security situation and restricted movement. Wounded had trouble reaching hospitals, which suffer from a shortage of medical supplies.

On 30 March, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his militants to cease fighting and stay off the streets. As of the reporting date (1 April), clashes continue in Basrah and Baghdad but the situation has calmed relative to the intense fighting of the previous week. Curfews have been lifted in a number of southern governorates and markets have reopened. IOM monitors have resumed activities and any new displacement should be assessed shortly.

During the reporting period displacement was also reported from Mosul due to deteriorating security prior to major military operations and from the Sulaymaniyah border area due to Iranian shelling.

Return

Return movements continued slowly as small numbers of IDPs and refugees leave deteriorating situations in their places of displacement. Return movements will likely reduce dramatically due to the insecurity in Baghdad and the south at the close of the reporting period. Return populations assessed earlier in the reporting period require humanitarian assistance: returnees are often finding

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 their homes and livelihoods destroyed, and in some cases are encountering renewed tensions with local communities. Some returnee families have been displaced again by renewed threats.

IOM continues to assess returns nationwide. To date, more than 900 returnee families have been interviewed. The majority of these were assessed by the joint MoDM-IOM returnee assessment project in Baghdad. IOM will be releasing an updated returnee report in one week. For reports on displacement and return throughout Iraq, see http://www.iom-iraq.net/idp.html .

Country-wide Statistics:

Information below is based on in-depth assessments of 166,151 families (estimated 997,000 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 63.90% Babylon 0.99% Diyala 19.29% Wassit 0.24% Ninewa 4.86% Thi-Qar 0.06% Anbar 3.75% Qadissiya 0.03% Salah al-Din 3.30% Kerbala 0.02% Basrah 1.83% Erbil 0.01% Kirkuk 1.68% Muthanna 0.01%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 60.54% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.66% Arab Sunni Muslim 28.02% Armenian Christian 0.12% Assyrian Christian 3.18% Arab Yazidi 0.05% Kurd Sunni Muslim 3.15% Kurd Yazidi 0.03% Chaldean Christian 1.80% Arab Sabean Mandean 0.02% Turkmen Shia Muslim 1.12% Kurd Christian 0.01% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.95%

Can IDPs access their property?

Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer All Iraq 17.15% 30.59% 47.20% 4.48% Anbar 13.58% 32.93% 47.87% 5.62% Babylon 7.55% 32.57% 50.43% 9.44% Baghdad 32.22% 50.33% 12.85% 4.61% Basrah 9.97% 33.09% 49.43% 7.39% Dahuk 66.02% 27.65% 6.07% 0.25% Diyala 21.46% 21.95% 53.60% 2.76% Erbil 0.58% 0.03% 94.92% 0.44% Kerbala 32.98% 17.55% 45.27% 1.82% Missan 0.58% 32.07% 57.74% 9.61% Muthanna 1.66% 44.19% 50.28% 3.87% Najaf 2.79% 7.55% 88.39% 1.26% Ninewa 11.44% 13.60% 71.10% 3.82% Qadissiya 5.50% 50.93% 35.80% 7.77% Salah al-Din 9.08% 15.92% 74.78% 0.22% Sulaymaniyah 8.67% 45.98% 11.14% 25.98% Kirkuk 9.16% 10.93% 75.79% 1.88% Thi-Qar 7.51% 38.20% 53.83% 0.46% Wassit 11.64% 87.13% 1.23% International Organization for Migration 2

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

Governorate Property Cannot Property Property Property destroyed access it due occupied, currently in occupied, to security controlled or military use controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens All Iraq 19.16% 2.24% 0.66% 1.74% 32.96% Anbar 12.40% 2.81% 0.32% 5.53% 29.84% Babylon 24.24% 0.35% 0.17% 0.52% 19.56% Baghdad 26.66% 1.99% 0.58% 0.42% 70.91% Basrah 16.22% 0.85% 0.72% 0.35% 24.85% Dahuk 20.52% 15.31% 0.47% 0.04% 24.15% Diyala 35.01% 0.64% 4.87% 6.54% 24.44% Erbil 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% 0.08% 0.50% Kerbala 32.15% 3.77% 0.26% 5.11% 38.24% Missan 23.64% 0.24% 0.11% 0.44% 25.10% Muthanna 10.66% 0.08% 0.00% 0.00% 35.11% Najaf 1.21% 0.00% 0.74% 0.00% 8.87% Ninewa 7.58% 6.76% 0.54% 1.54% 8.46% Qadissiya 46.64% 0.00% 0.00% 1.85% 14.69% Salah al-Din 3.69% 8.27% 0.00% 1.38% 11.95% Sulaymaniyah 13.42% 0.57% 0.15% 4.10% 12.53% Kirkuk 8.83% 0.20% 0.27% 2.44% 10.76% Thi-Qar 9.39% 0.00% 0.38% 0.26% 43.83% Wassit 11.49% 0.00% 0.00% 0.22% 1.13%

Anbar:

Security continues to improve in Anbar with awakening forces controlling most urban areas, although insurgent attacks continue against Multi-National Forces in Iraq and Iraq Forces (MNF- I/IF). MNF-I is increasingly handing over security to the awakening movements. In Fallujah, curfew length has shortened: pedestrian curfew is midnight and vehicles cannot move after 10 PM. Security in Karma has also recently improved significantly, as well as security in other sub-districts of Fallujah district such as Amiriya and Nuaemiya. Security in Ramadi is calm. Search and arrest operations continue in Ana and Qaim.

To date, IOM monitors have identified 655 returnee families in Anbar. The primary reasons reported for return are financial burdens and pressure from authorities in places of displacement. Most of the returnees assessed have received little or no assistance from humanitarian actors and requested international assistance.

During the reporting period monitors did not observe strong population movements either to or from Anbar, although isolated families continue to displace or return. Monitors expect that many of those displaced in Anbar from other governorates will remain in Anbar despite improved security in their places of origin, especially those families who fled direct threats or were involved in vendettas in their places of origin.

Hospitals are functioning normally in Anbar and a number of health centres are being rehabilitated or constructed. Seven health centres have been constructed in Fallujah and construction of the Fallujah General Hospital is ongoing. Hospitals are generally able to cover normally required medicines and treatments, but there is a shortage of medicines for chronic disease. There is only one health centre in Qaim and it is short of personnel and cannot meet the area’s needs.

Rehabilitation works have improved water provision in Fallujah and pipe networks are being extended to the suburbs. Most neighbourhoods in Fallujah city now have adequate water networks,

International Organization for Migration 3 but the schools are in need of water purification filters because the pipes supplying them are old. Some of these schools are also in need of water tanks and pumps. There is a water network in Ramadi city but in its peripheral areas families are still forced to drink river water. Water provision in Ana is poor because it depends on electricity, which is inconsistent.

PDS rations continue to lack some items and do not cover families’ needs. The prices of food in the market are expensive and many IDPs cannot afford them. Many farmers have not begun farming this year because they cannot afford the increased prices of seeds, herbicides, and fuel.

There has been some rehabilitation of the electrical networks in Al-Risala, Nazzal, and Al-Shuhada’a areas of Fallujah city. However, the electric supply throughout the governorate continues to last only 2-3 hours a day on average, with no supply at all on some days.

Unemployment, already a major problem, has worsened recently due to the influx of returnees. Although local authorities have promised to provide employment opportunities, the majority of people are still unemployed.

Assessment based on 10,984 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 71.69% Babylon 0.07% Anbar 23.74% Ninewa 0.03% Basrah 4.47%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Sunni Muslim 100.00%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al-Ka'im 21.43% 34.95% 36.48% 7.14% Al-Rutba 29.10% 17.03% 53.87% Ana 21.40% 38.14% 39.07% 1.40% Falluja 11.03% 30.82% 57.44% 0.72% Haditha 92.86% 7.14% Heet 24.03% 47.70% 17.06% 11.21% Ramadi 12.65% 32.04% 38.81% 16.50%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Al-Ka'im 0.00% 8.93% 44.90% 0.00% 38.27% Al-Rutba 0.00% 15.17% 28.17% 0.00% 17.96% Ana 0.00% 4.88% 20.47% 0.00% 45.81% Falluja 2.87% 2.12% 10.01% 0.18% 28.73% Haditha 0.00% 0.00% 29.59% 0.00% 63.27% Heet 0.00% 13.95% 18.56% 0.75% 39.60% Ramadi 4.83% 9.62% 7.56% 0.67% 25.94%

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

International Organization for Migration 4 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 deteriorated seriously following the start of IF operations in Basrah a week ago. Clashes erupted between IF and militias in Hilla centre, Al-Thawra, Bab Qooya, Al-Hamza, and Al-Sadda. Tensions are high throughout the governorate and movement is heavily restricted. The focus of fighting moved to Al-Hashimiya district and some movement within Hilla city is possible. Markets and fuel stations are open.

Monitors interviewed 124 families in several locations during the reporting period. In this population, monitors carried out a mini-survey and identified 37 cases of chronic disease among women and 15 cases of miscarriage. Monitors also found that 11% of these families had experienced a divorce since their displacement and another 16% were headed by widows. There are 44 orphans in this population. The majority of this group’s children are not enrolled in school due to lack of money, distance to schools, working to support their family, or the lack of necessary documents: only 34% of primary school age children attend school, and only 14% of secondary school age.

In Al-Teen neighborhood, a group of 50 IDP families depend on water illegally taken from a main pipe one kilometer distant. They obtain their electricity from illegal connections to wires 800 meters away. In Al-Askan residences, 11 IDP families are living in old structures with old water and sewage systems in need of rehabilitation. This group has access to electricity but cannot afford fuel. In Albu Alwan there are 50 IDP families, about half of whom are forced to drink river water. Most of this group has no access to electricity.

There are 75 IDP families displaced within Al-Askandariya due to the destruction of their houses during fighting between armed groups. The governor of Babylon decided to supply these families with a stipend and caravans. Stipends were provided to 36 of the families, but assistance was then stopped due to protests by other tribes that had not received any aid from the government.

Assessment based on 9,892 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 82.77% Kirkuk 0.66% Diyala 5.85% Ninewa 0.14% Babylon 5.45% Kerbala 0.03% Salah al-Din 2.06% Basrah 0.02% Anbar 1.93% Qadissiya 0.01% Wassit 1.07%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 94.41% Arab Yazidi 0.07% Arab Sunni Muslim 5.32%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al-Mahawil 15.80% 25.16% 56.58% 2.46% Al-Musayab 19.93% 17.49% 52.93% 9.65% Hashimiya 1.84% 54.10% 33.70% 10.36% Hilla 0.56% 32.00% 53.20% 14.24%

International Organization for Migration 5 What is the status of IDPs’ property?

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 :

Military operations in Basrah led to escalated fighting in Al-Sadr City and other areas of Baghdad. As of 1 April, clashes continue in Sadr City, Shulla, and Qadimiya where curfew is still in effect. Curfew and road closures have severely restricted movement and there is a shortage of food. Hospitals are in need of consumable medical supplies, although access is difficult due to the heavy restrictions on movement. Humanitarian organizations, including IOM, are seeking to deliver assistance in Sadr City but currently do not have access due to movement restrictions.

There are rumours of displacement from Tahji and Kadhimia. As of 1 April, IOM monitors are beginning to resume monitoring activities and should identify new displacement shortly.

The Baghdad Provincial Council has voted to stop the IDP registration process; district and city councils will no longer supply IDPs with the confirmation of residency necessary to register with MoDM. The stated reason is return movements to areas other IDPs are still claiming as their origin for registration; local authorities fear that some people are making false claims in order to receive the IDP stipend.

Many IDPs have not yet returned to their places of origin due to fear of assassination, lack of services in the place of origin, or occupation of their houses.

In Al-Rahman complex, IDPs are living in half-constructed houses made of blocks with palm-leave roofs. These houses are overcrowded (2-3 families share one) and do not provide protection from weather. These families cannot afford any other shelter. The nearest health facility is 5-7 kilometres distant, preventing many families there from receiving health care. The presence of stagnant water beside IDP residences has caused skin infections and gastrointestinal diseases, particularly among children. There is only one primary school in the nearby area and many families require their children to work to support the family.

Assessment based on 44,613 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 77.49% Ninewa 0.17% Diyala 18.69% Babylon 0.13% Anbar 2.00% Wassit 0.04% Salah al-Din 1.06% Basrah 0.02% Kirkuk 0.38%

International Organization for Migration 6 Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 79.39% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.10% Arab Sunni Muslim 20.41% Turkmen Shia Muslim 0.01% Arab Yazidi 0.02%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Abu Ghraib 36.45% 61.45% 2.11% Adhamiya - Istiqlal 3.57% 96.43% Adhamiya / Istiqlal 16.74% 74.91% 5.97% 2.38% Al Resafa 51.32% 33.00% 13.11% 2.57% Karkh 22.36% 57.39% 11.84% 8.41% Mada'in 61.22% 35.31% 3.47% Mahmoudiya 28.00% 67.65% 4.35% Taji 100.00% Tarmia 88.05% 6.89% 5.06%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Abu Ghraib 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 36.45% Adhamiya - 0.00% 0.00% 17.86% 11.43% 82.14% Istiqlal Adhamiya / 0.00% 0.00% 58.20% 0.00% 74.63% Istiqlal Al Resafa 3.91% 0.00% 37.66% 1.12% 67.51% Karkh 0.54% 0.00% 16.35% 0.07% 71.44% Mada'in 0.00% 0.00% 8.64% 0.00% 59.81% Mahmoudiya 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 95.65% Taji 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Tarmia 0.00% 3.78% 0.62% 0.00% 87.43%

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. IOM also maintains two warehouses in Baghdad that stock food and non-food items for emergency humanitarian response. As soon as access is granted, IOM will distribute food to the hospitals in Al Sadr City to respond to the current crisis.

Basrah :

On 25 March, Iraqi Forces launched a major security operation in Basrah code named “Operation Charge of the Knights” that led to heavy fighting in Basrah between Iraqi Forces and militias. Fighting also spread to other southern governorates and Baghdad. Water and electrical networks were shut down in most parts of Basrah city. There were reported militia attacks on electrical networks as well as the burning of supermarkets. Al-Basrah General Hospital and the Basrah Educational Hospital received the bulk of the casualties. ICRC and MNF-I were able to deliver medical supplies to Basrah hospitals during the fighting. The movement of ambulances was limited by insecurity, so emergency services were unable to reach some of those injured in the fighting.

International Organization for Migration 7 As of the reporting date (1 April) the situation has calmed somewhat in Basrah, with the heaviest fighting having subsided. IF operations continue but ongoing dialogue between the sides indicates that the security situation may stabilize. Due to the closure of markets and escalated food prices, there is a need for food assistance. Since water networks are down and insecurity prevented water trucks from moving, there is a severe shortage of drinking water – UNICEF has provided water trucking in Basrah city. Hundreds of civilian casualties have been reported due to the fighting.

There are rumours of displacement from Abu Al-Khasseb to Khoor Az-Zubyar and toward the Kuwaiti border. As of 1 April, IOM monitors are beginning to resume monitoring activities (previously suspended due to insecurity) and should identify any new IDPs shortly.

IDP families living in the Jbaila area on property owned by the Iraqi military received an eviction order from the army on 18 March 2008. A returnee family was displaced again from Abu Al-Khaseeb district after their house was shot at and an IED exploded outside their door.

In Al-Qibla, Al-Qae’em five IDP families are headed by widows without any source of income. This group cannot afford private health services and there is no nearby health centre; they are in urgent need of health assistance. In Al-Shu’aiba, Zl-Zubair district, monitors observed many skin diseases among IDP children due to stagnant sewer water and disease-carrying insect infestations in the area. This area is in need of health care and sanitation assistance.

Around 150 IDP families in Hay Al-Ghadeer have not yet transferred their PDS registration. These families obtain electricity from illegal connections into the local network, which is overloaded. This area also requires sanitation assistance and potable water sources.

Monitors observed malnutrition among IDP children in Basrah centre, many of whom work daily selling cheap wares in the street to support their families. In Al-Qaim district, there are IDP children begging and women collecting garbage to sell for recycling.

MoDM Basrah office reports that Basrah continues to receive some IDP families, both Shia and Sunni, fleeing from Kirkuk governorate due to conflict with armed groups.

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% Kirkuk 4.03% Erbil 0.02% Babylon 2.03%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.83% Arab Sunni Muslim 0.06%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Abu Al-Khaseeb 6.10% 45.31% 46.48% 1.64% Al-Midaina 1.34% 18.18% 78.61% 1.87% Al-Qurna 34.41% 47.37% 18.22% Al-Zubair 8.65% 33.62% 45.80% 11.94% Basrah 13.04% 31.65% 48.05% 7.11% Fao 65.79% 34.21% Shatt Al-Arab 12.21% 43.66% 40.85% 3.29%

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What is the status of IDPs’ property?

District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Abu Al- 1.41% 0.00% 19.48% 0.00% 30.52% Khaseeb Al-Midaina 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 19.52% Al-Qurna 0.00% 0.00% 10.53% 0.00% 23.89% Al-Zubair 0.85% 1.10% 13.40% 0.61% 26.31% Basrah 0.92% 0.29% 18.50% 0.55% 24.32% Fao 0.00% 0.00% 31.58% 0.00% 34.21% Shatt Al-Arab 1.41% 0.00% 23.94% 7.04% 23.47%

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. IOM will be distributing food to Basra main hospitals in response to the current crisis.

Dahuk :

Security is stable in Dahuk, although a recent suicide bombing on a hotel in Sulaymaniyah has heightened fears of similar attacks in Dahuk.

Most IDPs assessed in Dahuk city centre during the reporting period had adequate access to health care, although there is a severe shortage of medications. Some problems were identified in Alqosh sub-district, Tilkaif district (administratively under Ninewa governorate): there is a need for maternity care in Alqosh center, a shortage of medications, and a lack of psychological care.

Insecurity along roads and rising fuel costs are now preventing IDPs originally from Ninewa from collecting their PDS food rations in Mosul. IDPs from Baghdad have no access to PDS rations at all. There is an urgent need for food and non-food item distributions, especially for IDPs living in Alqosh sub-district.

Assessment based on 2,749 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 56.35% Salah al-Din 0.07% Ninewa 41.58% Muthanna 0.07% Kirkuk 0.80% Erbil 0.04% Basrah 0.58% Diyala 0.04% Anbar 0.44% Babylon 0.04%

Ethnicity/Religion : Kurd Sunni Muslim 34.52% Kurd Yazidi 0.95% Chaldean Christian 32.08% Turkmen Shia Muslim 0.95% Assyrian Christian 21.06% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.44% Armenian Christian 4.15% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.18% Arab Sunni Muslim 2.51% Kurd Christian 0.15% Armenian Sunni Arab Shia Muslim 1.93% Muslim 0.07%

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District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Amedi 66.33% 24.24% 9.43% Dahuk 63.19% 33.64% 2.84% 0.33% Sumel 58.07% 15.22% 26.40% 0.31% Zakho 91.64% 7.69% 0.67%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

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

Diyala :

Suicide bomb attacks targeting community leaders occurred in some peripheral neighborhoods of Ba’quba district. Some returnee families in Ba’quba were displaced again after receiving death threats. Due to the presence of government and awakening forces throughout urban areas, assassinations and bombings have decreased dramatically, especially in Al-Khalis district.

In Al-Ameriya village there is no health centre and the nearest facility is Al-Khalis general hospital, about 15 kilometres distant over unpaved roads. IDPs in Um Al-Ruman village usually cannot reach the nearby health centre in Al-Muradiya due to insecurity, and the nearest hospital is in Ba’quba 30 kilometres away. In Um Al-Ruman village there is a severe shortage of potable water and families drink mainly from drainage canals.

Thirty-four (34) IDP families have returned back to their place of origin in Al-Ameriya village but have no source of income since their farms have been destroyed. They must wait until next year before they can resume farming. IDP returnees in Albu Nasir village, Khalis district are facing similar issues. Most IDPs living in Um Al-Hawaly village depend on occasional day labor in nearby farms, which is not enough to support their families. There are another 89 IDP families originating from this area who remain in displacement; they have not yet returned because their houses are destroyed.

In Al-Ameriya, most returnee families have not sent their children to school because they are waiting for the next school year, since many of the students have already lost the year because they did not study during displacement. In Albu Nasir children cannot attend school because the local primary school was destroyed by armed groups in the area and the next school is in the sub-district centre, 7 km distant.

Assessment based on 11,324 families.

Places of Origin: Diyala 80.29% Kirkuk 0.19% Baghdad 18.84% Salah al-Din 0.15% Anbar 0.24% Basrah 0.05% Babylon 0.20% Qadissiya 0.03%

International Organization for Migration 10 Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 40.01% Kurd Sunni Muslim 1.06% Arab Sunni Muslim 50.65% Turkmen Shia Muslim 0.49% Kurd Shia Muslim 7.65% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.13%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al-Khalis 12.98% 3.60% 82.76% 0.67% Al-Muqdadiya 29.67% 29.79% 35.64% 4.26% Baladrooz 44.05% 25.70% 29.47% 0.79% Ba'quba 8.72% 24.32% 65.65% 1.30% Khanaqin 19.27% 71.61% 9.12%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Al-Khalis 0.00% 0.00% 12.36% 0.18% 6.04% Al-Muqdadiya 0.00% 10.28% 46.34% 11.10% 36.78% Baladrooz 0.00% 9.72% 63.18% 1.40% 37.97% Ba'quba 2.84% 6.24% 27.52% 3.08% 15.71% Khanaqin 0.00% 1.14% 9.92% 0.00% 14.94%

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.

Erbil :

Security is stable, although fear remains of renewed Turkish military operations.

In Soran district there are 366 families who have returned to their places of origin from displacement in Iran. Most of these families have returned since 2006. Monitors also observed return from Soran: 35 IDP families have left Soran district to return to places of origin in Baghdad and Diyala. According to local authorities, as of November 2007 there were 145 IDP families in the district; 110 families now remain. Return movements have also decreased the IDP population in the Kurdish Quarter, where a population of 80 IDP families in December 2007 has now dropped to 45 families.

Most areas in Soran district have no sanitation system, so sewage lies in the streets and poses a serious health hazard. Many IDP families have had difficulty transferring their PDS coordination due to lack of coordination between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad authorities. There is no Arabic-language school in Soran district; some families have sent their children to Kurdish schools, where they are struggling to learn the language.

In Makhmour district, most IDPs have found employment in agriculture or in gypsum factories.

Assessment based on 3,265 families.

Places of Origin: Ninewa 50.95% Erbil 0.11%

International Organization for Migration 11 Baghdad 42.48% Babylon 0.11% Kirkuk 2.57% Muthanna 0.08% Diyala 1.77% Basrah 0.08% Salah al-Din 0.80% Najaf 0.06% Anbar 0.72% Qadissiya 0.03%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Kurd Sunni Muslim 41.99% Kurd Christian 0.22% Chaldean Christian 27.45% Arab Sabean Mandean 0.19% Arab Sunni Muslim 14.81% Kurd Yazidi 0.06% Chaldean Sunni Assyrian Christian 6.18% 0.03% Muslim Arab Shia Muslim 1.60% Turkmen Shia Muslim 0.03% Armenian Christian 1.27% Arab Christian 0.03% Turkmen Sunni 0.58% Muslim

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Erbil 0.60% 0.03% 96.34% 0.43% Makhmur 55.56% 3.70% Shaqlawa 41.89%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

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 :

On 17 March a suicide bomber attacked civilians gathered at Al-Mukhayam by the shrines of Kerbala. Pedestrian and vehicle curfews were implemented. Following the start of major IF operations in Basrah at the close of the reporting period, security was highly unstable in Kerbala. Curfew was imposed throughout the city due to clashes between militias and IF. However, the curfew has been lifted and activity resumes.

During the reporting period, monitors focused on IDPs in villages in Ain Al-Tamur district. Security is less stable in this district due its proximity to the Anbar border, where the roads are insecure. Health services are poor due the long distance to the nearest hospital and a shortage of necessary medications for health centres. The district water network is in need of rehabilitation. In rural areas the population depends on water trucking or wells. Most IDP children over the age of five or six do not attend school, instead working to support their families. Schools themselves frequently lack teaching staff and operate in dangerously dilapidated buildings.

International Organization for Migration 12 In Ain Al-Tamur, IDP widows have found some limited employment working in fields or orchards and have received some financial assistance from the host community. Monitors recommended that these widows be given vocational training in sewing and weaving to provide them with sustainable income. Monitors also emphasized that many elderly men in the IDP community were in need of health care or assistance to enable them to support their families. There is also a serious fuel shortage in Ain Al-Tamur due to insecurity along transport routes, where criminals actively target fuel tankers.

Assessment based on 9,237 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 59.89% Kirkuk 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%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Ain Al-Tamur 15.33% 27.08% 57.59% Al-Hindiya 10.95% 23.82% 64.31% 0.92% Kerbala 39.63% 15.26% 39.78% 2.19%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

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

Kirkuk :

Monitors reported an increase in the number of dead bodies found during the reporting period. MNF-I is conducting detention campaigns in Hawija. Some clashes have occurred between tribes in Kirkuk.

The Kirkuk social protection network office stated that the governor has ordered that 1,000 Kurdish IDP families in Hawija district be included in the distribution of 100,000 stipends to IDP families. Monitors observed since this group actually contains an estimated 1,500 Kurdish families, so this distribution will not cover everyone.

Local tribal authorities in Hawija district stated that over the first three months of 2008, the district received large numbers of IDPs, particularly from the peripheral areas toward the district International Organization for Migration 13 center. These statements corroborate IOM assessments, which in January identified 230 IDP families in the district who had fled clashes in Salah al-Din between awakening movements and Al-Qaeda 3. These authorities stated that there are now 9,000 IDP families in Hawija district, significantly more than the numbers captured to-date by MoDM registration and IOM assessments.

IDP families living in villages in Hawija district have no access to health care because the only health centre in the area was destroyed by extremists more than a year ago. This group cannot reach other health care due to insecurity. Malnutrition and respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases are common in this population. These villages depend on wells, which often do not produce potable water. Nearly all these families have not transferred their PDS registration due to insecurity. Since armed groups control most of these areas, markets are closed and IDPs cannot purchase food. None of these villages have electricity. More than 50 orphan children were identified among these families, as well as widespread psychological trauma due to the violence they fled. Due to insecurity, none of the children are attending school. Some IDPs work as farmers in the villages.

Assessment based on 7,381 families.

Places of Origin:

Diyala 30.23% Basrah 0.30% Baghdad 20.80% Babylon 0.24% Salah al-Din 16.66% Erbil 0.09% Kirkuk 15.91% Thi-Qar 0.05% Ninewa 13.55% Najaf 0.04% Anbar 1.86%

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%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al-Hawiga 11.61% 10.80% 77.58% Daquq 7.52% 9.35% 81.23% 1.90% Kirkuk 9.66% 11.96% 71.96% 2.28%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

3 See IOM Iraq Displacement Assessments & Statistics report, 1 February 2008 edition . International Organization for Migration 14 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 :

Earlier in the reporting period, clashes erupted between tribes and Iraqi security forces near the Al- Kahla’a power plant when local tribes demanded employment in the power plant. The fighting left several wounded on both sides and was resolved later by tribal leaders. Tensions were heightened due to military operations in Basrah. Some clashes occurred and a daytime curfew was imposed.

Three (3) IDP families living in an unfinished school in Hay Al-Shuhada’, Al-Maymoona area received an eviction order on 18 March 2008.

IDPs in villages in Maymoona district cannot access health care because the nearest health centre is 12 km away. These families also have no sources of potable water and drink from river water.

IDP women in Hay Al-Mua’alemeen reported difficulty in relations with the host community due to differences in traditions.

Assessment based on 6,192 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 82.77% Kirkuk 0.66% Diyala 5.85% Ninewa 0.14% Babylon 5.45% Kerbala 0.03% Salah al-Din 2.06% Basrah 0.02% Anbar 1.93% Qadissiya 0.01% Wassit 1.07%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.90% Arab Sabean Mandean 0.10%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Ali Al-Gharbi 4.01% 44.07% 33.22% 18.70% Al-Kahla 39.21% 48.72% 12.06% Al-Maimouna 31.74% 53.20% 15.07% Al-Mejar Al-Kabi 82.95% 7.10% 9.94% Amara 0.32% 20.10% 72.27% 7.26% Qal'at Saleh 57.45% 33.64% 8.91%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

International Organization for Migration 15 Al-Maimouna 0.00% 0.91% 19.63% 0.00% 25.57% Al-Mejar Al- 0.00% 0.00% 59.66% 0.00% 80.68% Kabi Amara 0.32% 0.05% 13.22% 0.19% 15.18% Qal'at Saleh 0.00% 0.00% 51.46% 0.00% 37.33%

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 :

Tensions are high due to the fighting in Basrah, but security in Muthanna remains relatively stable.

Monitors interviewed 124 displaced families in Baraka, Safran, Zerejeya, Qeshla, Subul, Aal Farhood, Tawawera, Aredha, Shuhada, Sader, Haydareya, and Aal Ghanim. They identified 123 children and 146 women suffering from serious health issues, with the most common being diarrhea, malnutrition, and asthma among children and hypertension, anemia, and arthritis among women. The same survey also identified a 66% unemployment rate among those of working age.

In Baraka and Safran, 17 IDP families have no potable water and drink from a river 500 metres distant. They have no sanitation system and sewage sits in the open. In Zerejeya, IDPs buy potable water at high prices. In Al-Subul and Aal Farhood, 24 IDP families depend on water trucking, river water, and illegal connections to a pipe 300 meters distant. In Al-Tawawera and Al-Aredha, 25 IDP families have no water network; they receive some water trucking and drink from river water the rest of the time. In Al-Shuhada and Al-Sader neigborhoods, 22 IDP families are forced to purchase water at high prices because the water from the local network is polluted and has caused sickness among some in the group. The situation is similar for another 22 IDP families in Al-Haydareya and Al- Ghanim, who spend around 30,000 Iraqi dinars monthly to buy water.

The 17 IDP families in Baraka and Safran have transferred their PDS registration but receive only partially-complete rations. They are growing vegetables beside their houses to supplement their diet and have requested seeds and fertilizer. In Zerejeya and Qeshal, 14 IDP families spend around 60,000 ID monthly per family to cover the missing items in the PDS ration such as rice, tea, and oil. In Al-Shuhada and AL-Sader neighborhoods, some IDP families have not yet transferred their PDS registration. In all locations assessed during the reporting period, IDPs who had been able to transfer their registration reported that PDS rations were consistently missing items and did not meet their food needs.

Assessment based on 2,532 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 72.24% Ninewa 0.91% Diyala 14.53% Wassit 0.71% Anbar 7.62% Qadissiya 0.67% Babylon 1.82% Erbil 0.20% Salah al-Din 1.30%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 100.00%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al Khidhir 1.90% 48.57% 49.52% Al-Rumaitha 0.87% 44.97% 49.53% 4.63% Al-Salman 53.85% 46.15% International Organization for Migration 16 Al-Samawa 2.72% 42.58% 51.41% 3.30%

What is the status of IDPs’ property? District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Al Khidhir 1.90% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 48.57% Al-Rumaitha 0.00% 0.00% 14.17% 0.00% 31.67% Al-Salman 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 53.85% Al-Samawa 0.00% 0.00% 7.18% 0.00% 38.12%

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

Najaf :

Security has deteriorated following the beginning of IF operations in Basrah. As of the time of reporting, there was no curfew but entry into the governorate was heavily restricted.

Monitors interviewed 75 families during the reporting period and found that in this group, 37 women had had a caesarian section, irregular menstruation, or miscarriage. Monitors found that diarrhea, skin diseases, and anemia were the most frequent health problems among children.

Monitors observed that in Najaf, most IDPs depend on assistance from NGOs, religious charities, and relatives for their food needs because the PDS food rations are missing items or delayed. Some families receive no rations because they have not transferred their PDS registration. Unemployment is widespread, particularly among women. IDPs reported that lack of relationships with the host community made it difficult for them to find work.

Assessment based on 5,693 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 87.95% Babylon 1.02% Diyala 5.67% Salah al-Din 0.86% Anbar 1.95% Kirkuk 0.79% Ninewa 1.74% Wassit 0.02%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.77% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.23%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al-Manathera 11.52% 86.67% 1.82% Kufa 2.26% 5.43% 91.27% 1.04% Najaf 3.28% 8.13% 87.28% 1.32%

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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 :

Preparations continue for a major military campaign. MNF-I/IF are concentrating in Mosul and have constructed concrete barriers between neighbourhoods to control movement. There has been an increase in insurgent attacks against MNF-I/IF and assassination attempts against community leaders. MNF-I air strikes are targeting suspected insurgent neighbourhoods, particularly in Hay Al- Shurta, Al-Mamoon, Al-Methaq, and Al-Intisar. The insecurity continues to restrict movement within the city. Many families are reported to have left the city for the KRG-controlled governorates, Syria, Kirkuk, or Salah al-Din.

Tensions are high between the community that remained in Tala’far district and IDPs who are returning to find their houses damaged or looted. Tribal and religious leaders and local authorities are holding meetings to resolve issues between the returnees and those they accuse of destroying their property. These tensions and the destruction of property in Tala’far are deterring some IDPs from returning to the area.

IDPs in Hay Al-Methaq have no water source and carry water from surrounding neighbourhoods in unsanitary containers.

Most IDPs assessed in Ninewa during the reporting period had been able to transfer their PDS registration, but rations are consistently missing essential items such as oil and sugar. Road closures and rising fuel costs have caused a rise in the market prices of food, preventing IDPs from supporting themselves.

MoDM will begin to distribute non-food items to 280 IDP families who were displaced by the Al- Zanjili explosions in February. These non-food items have been donated by UNHCR. MoDM Ninewa is also opening a new office in Bartala sub-district, since insecurity prevents many IDPs in this area from reaching the other MoDM offices to register.

Assessment based on 10,603 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 54.12% Babylon 0.57% Ninewa 32.09% Wassit 0.22% Basrah 9.08% Qadissiya 0.11% Diyala 1.24% Thi-Qar 0.04% Kirkuk 0.93% Kerbala 0.04% Salah al-Din 0.84% Erbil 0.04% Anbar 0.68%

International Organization for Migration 18 Ethnicity/Religion :

Assyrian Christian 40.78% Kurd Sunni Muslim 1.41% Arab Sunni Muslim 30.76% Arab Shia Muslim 0.87% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 12.31% Arab Yazidi 0.31% Chaldean Christian 9.99% Armenian Christian 0.22% Turkmen Shia Muslim 1.59%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Akre 67.70% 25.47% 6.83% Al-Ba'aj 100.00% Al-Hamdaniya 11.89% 11.80% 68.10% 8.21% Hatra 100.00% Mosul 15.68% 18.81% 61.59% 3.83% Shekhan 100.00% Sinjar 64.71% 35.29% Telafar 26.26% 2.52% 71.22% Tilkaif 9.07% 90.02% 0.91%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Akre 94.41% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Al-Ba'aj 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Al-Hamdaniya 4.81% 0.00% 3.26% 0.00% 12.32% Hatra 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Mosul 8.16% 3.12% 12.21% 1.25% 10.87% Shekhan 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Sinjar 28.43% 0.00% 36.27% 0.00% 0.00% Telafar 4.32% 7.55% 8.27% 0.00% 8.63% Tilkaif 1.60% 0.00% 3.77% 0.00% 3.70%

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 Akre district. 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 has deteriorated since the onset of military operations in Basrah, although the situation is less severe than that in other southern governorates Sporadic mortar shelling, bombings of military bases, and fighting have occurred. Clashes occurred mainly in Al-Dgharra and Hamza Al-Shariq district.

International Organization for Migration 19 Six IDP families from Baghdad are now living in Al-Shammiya in old structures owned by the Ministry of Education. Local authorities have ordered these families to leave because they intend to turn the structures into a secondary school. These families are in urgent need of shelter assistance because they cannot afford to rent housing or even to buy materials to construct mud shelters in a collective settlement.

In Al-Jamea’a neighborhood there are 12 IDP families who rely on illegal pipe connections for their water supply, which is insufficient. They have no sanitation system and their sewage sits in the open. There are 15 IDP families in Al-Zahra and 20 families in Sob Al-Shameya who are in the same situation. In Shafe’ya sub-district there are 17 IDP families suffering from respiratory diseases due to daily sandstorms in the area, along with chronic diarrhoea and vomiting due to lack of potable water.

Many IDPs in Al-Asry neighborhood and Al-Jaza’er neighborhood have not transferred their PDS registration. All IDPs assessed during the reporting period said that the PDS food rations were missing items and insufficient to meet their food needs. All are also in urgent need of fuel, particularly those who have not transferred their PDS registration.

Monitors found that in Al-Shammiya district (258 IDP families) and Ghammas sub-district (226 IDP families), 17% of families were headed by widows.

Assessment based on 3,615 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% Kirkuk 2.68%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 100.00%

Can IDPs access their property?

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

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.

International Organization for Migration 20 Salah al-Din :

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) continue to target MNF-I/IF on roads in Tikrit district despite heavy restrictions on movement. Clashes between insurgents and MNF-I/IF continue intermittently in the district center. In Baji district cooperation between IF and awakening movements has improved security. In Al-Door district security is calm during the day but insurgents frequently attack checkpoints at night.

There is a need for a health centre in Baiji district, where 89 IDP families with 45 identified medical cases have no access to health care. Potable water networks in this area are also inconsistent – during the reporting period, water networks in Baiji shut down for five days, forcing the population to rely on expensive water trucking or drink from rivers.

Assessment based on 10,069 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 60.99% Wassit 0.95% Basrah 14.58% Thi-Qar 0.86% Diyala 9.42% Babylon 0.69% Salah al-Din 6.51% Ninewa 0.51% Kirkuk 2.76% Qadissiya 0.16% Anbar 2.50% Kerbala 0.07%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 3.24% Kurd Sunni Muslim 0.63% Arab Sunni Muslim 94.81% Turkmen Shia Muslim 1.23% Kurd Shia Muslim 0.01% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.09%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al-Daur 49.01% 34.39% 16.60% Al-Shirqat 24.13% 20.41% 55.35% 0.11% Baiji 1.74% 34.61% 63.64% Balad 15.39% 84.61% Samarra 5.41% 94.17% 0.43% Tikrit 1.38% 5.23% 92.92% 0.46% Tooz 2.30% 97.49% 0.21%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Al-Daur 48.05% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 35.35% Al-Shirqat 17.25% 2.51% 15.94% 0.00% 12.12% Baiji 2.86% 5.30% 8.51% 0.00% 19.68% Balad 0.00% 0.00% 2.70% 0.00% 12.69% Samarra 0.00% 5.41% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% Tikrit 0.79% 0.05% 1.36% 0.00% 4.42% Tooz 0.00% 0.00% 2.30% 0.00% 0.00%

International Organization for Migration 21 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 :

Cross-border shelling continued during the reporting period, causing the displacement of 110 families. Sixty (60) of these families fled from border villages in Shinawa, Suragla, Spebilka, Harga, Basta, and Marado; the other 50 were displaced from Rizga village to the Zharawa area. Both UNHCR and ICRC have provided assistance to these families.

On 10 March a suicide car bomb exploded in front of the Sulaymaniyah Palace hotel in central Sulaymaniyah city. The explosion killed a hotel security guard, injured around thirty civilians, shattered hotel windows and destroyed several nearby cars.

Most IDP families in the Halabja area have not transferred their PDS registration due to poor coordination between the KRG and Baghdad authorities. Those who have managed to transfer their registration complain that the food ration is missing items.

Assessments based on 4,589 families.

Places of Origin:

Diyala 52.36% Babylon 0.44% Baghdad 39.75% Basrah 0.35% Anbar 3.18% Wassit 0.13% Ninewa 1.79% Thi-Qar 0.11% Salah al-Din 0.96% Sulaymaniyah 0.09% Kirkuk 0.68% Kerbala 0.07%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Sunni Muslim 64.87% Arab Sabean Mandean 0.28% Kurd Sunni Muslim 21.77% Turkmen Sunni Muslim 0.24% Arab Shia Muslim 9.57% Chaldean Christian 0.17% Kurd Shia Muslim 2.40% Arab Christian 0.09% Kurd Yazidi 0.37% Assyrian Christian 0.04%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Chamchamal 7.04% 41.85% 26.67% 24.44% Darbandihkan 6.39% 49.70% 14.37% 29.54% Dokan 5.24% 47.91% 10.73% 36.13% Halabja 5.20% 48.40% 2.40% Kalar 7.65% 46.58% 12.41% 33.37% Pshdar 45.45% 4.55% 50.00% Rania 8.88% 42.01% 13.02% 36.09% Sulaymaniya 14.51% 43.43% 5.10% 10.69%

International Organization for Migration 22 What is the status of IDPs’ property?

District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Chamchamal 0.00% 4.07% 9.26% 0.00% 12.59% Darbandihkan 0.00% 7.78% 19.36% 0.40% 6.79% Dokan 0.00% 8.64% 7.85% 0.00% 6.28% Halabja 3.60% 0.00% 20.40% 0.00% 13.20% Kalar 0.00% 2.58% 15.24% 0.20% 15.39% Pshdar 0.00% 0.00% 4.55% 0.00% 4.55% Rania 0.00% 18.34% 8.28% 0.00% 17.75% Sulaymaniya 1.67% 2.25% 9.51% 0.10% 11.27%

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 :

Security forces are on alert and curfew was imposed throughout the governorate following the deterioration of security in Basrah. Clashes erupted between militias and security forces in Thi-Qar.

IDPs in Hay Al-Nasr, Al-Shatra live without sanitation and are suffering from diseases due to swamps of sewage sitting beside their houses. In Al-Batha’a sub-district there is only one health centre, which is short of medical supplies and staff. The nearest hospital is 50 km distant.

Some families in Hay 9 Nissan, Sooq Al-Shiyookh district have not transferred their PDS registration and depend on relatives and the host community for food. Others have managed to transfer their registration but receive rations that are consistently missing items. All IDP families living in Hay Al- Shu’la and Hay Al-Thawra are jobless and depend primarily on their relatives.

Assessment based on 6,071 families.

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% Kirkuk 2.83% Basrah 0.03%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 99.82% Arab Sunni Muslim 0.13%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al-Chibayish 8.10% 55.95% 35.95% Al-Rifa'i 3.56% 22.00% 74.37% 0.06% International Organization for Migration 23 Al-Shatra 7.02% 29.01% 63.38% 0.59% Nassriya 12.01% 43.48% 43.53% 0.74% Suq Al-Shoyokh 4.60% 62.06% 33.33%

What is the status of IDPs’ property?

District Cannot Property Property Property Property access it due currently in destroyed occupied, occupied, to security military use controlled or controlled or reasons claimed by claimed by government private citizens Al-Chibayish 0.00% 1.90% 11.67% 0.00% 62.14% Al-Rifa'i 0.00% 0.00% 2.89% 0.00% 24.40% Al-Shatra 0.00% 0.00% 12.21% 0.00% 34.03% Nassriya 0.00% 0.05% 8.30% 0.00% 53.85% Suq Al- 0.00% 0.87% 19.90% 2.86% 62.94% Shoyokh

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.

Wassit :

In mid-March clashes erupted between IF and militias in Hay Al-Jihad, Anwar Al-Sadr, and Hay Al- Shuhada, causing dozens of casualties including children. IF conducted detention campaigns in Hay Al-Ezza and Al-Qadeema in Kut. To escape these operations, some IDP families moved again to nearby locations – these locations are generally safer but the rents are higher. Military operations continue and clashes have escalated between IF and militias following the start of major IF operations in Basrah. Vehicle and pedestrian curfew has been imposed. There are two major hospitals in Kut, one of which has itself been involved in fighting. Ambulances are able to move, although they are subject to searches since IF found militiamen using an ambulance to transport firearms. There are rumors of displacement from Kut. IOM monitors have resumed activities on 1 April and should identify any new displacement shortly.

In Al-Instar village many IDP families have not transferred their PDS registration.

Assessment based on 12,149 families.

Places of Origin:

Baghdad 65.17% Kirkuk 0.48% Diyala 32.88% Anbar 0.30% Babylon 1.04% Salah al-Din 0.14%

Ethnicity/Religion :

Arab Shia Muslim 100.00%

Can IDPs access their property?

District Yes, property accessible No Do not know No Answer Al-Hai 3.84% 96.16% Al-Na'maniya 10.55% 89.45% Al-Suwaira 9.94% 88.53% 1.53% Badra 100.00% Kut 14.98% 83.24% 1.78%

International Organization for Migration 24 What is the status of IDPs’ property?

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.

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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