Baghdad Governorate Profile
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BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE PROFILE OVERVIEW2 MAY 2015 2,213 IDP families 3% 1,413 IDP families DISPLACEMENT OVER TIME 79,344 IDP FAMILIES 2% IDP families hosted in the governorate2 79,344 7,477 IDP families 79 IDP families IDP families who originate from the gover- IDP camps 9% less than 1% norate 476,064 IDP INDIVIDUALS total population: 2,796 individuals1 4,948 IDP families planned: 4,230 individuals 6% 58,778 OF ALL IDPS ARE UNDER 59,467 35% IDP population 5,777 IDP families 14 density 7% 51,996 62,382 (2%) OF ALL IDP 2,442 IDP families 21,090 IDP families INDIVIDUALS ACROSS RAQ Nabi Sheit 3% I 27% 26,686 IDP families ORIGINATE FROM BAGHDAD 34% Kadhra’a Al-Nabi Younis Al-Jamea;a 25,992 22,417 GOVERNORATE OF ORIGIN 18,437 22,391 21,241 11% 9,433 16,855 3,152 2,893 IDPs 3,617 all in I 7,219 IDP families 10,359 10,380 3,407 10% f ra 1,586 o q 9% 1,717 1,188 % 921 957 992 2,464 1% 6 659 5% 1 - - - 9% 62% 2% 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 15 14 15 14 14 14 15 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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% Grand Total 1% 100% Thawra2 100% 9% Thawra1 100% 20% Mahmoudiya 100% Host Families Rented Informal settle- Mada'in 100% 46% housing 40% ments 10% Karkh 99% 1% Kadhimia 100% 54% 13% Al Resafa 100% TOP PRIORITY NEEDS Adhamia 100% Abu Ghraib 1% 99% 1 2 3 4 5 13% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 90% Locally integrate in current location Resettle in a third location 1- Pre-June14 2- June-July14 Access Shelter NFIs Health Education Return to place of origin Waiting on one or several factors to work 3- August14 4- Post September14 1. Iraq - CCCM Camps status report, May 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 7 May 2015 and from field reports of the Rapid Assessment and Response Teams. For more information on the DTM, visit: http://iomiraq.net/dtm-page 1 IOM Iraq Governorate profile: Baghdad, May 2015 1. IDPs by governorate of origin DISPLACEMENT TRENDS District of Governorate of origin displacement Due to close proximity to the conflict affected areas and Anbar Bab- Bagh- Diyala Kirkuk Ninewa Salah Total cheaper cost of housing rent in comparison to Iraqi Kurd- ylon dad al-Din OVERVIEW istan, Baghdad has been pulling IDPs from within Iraq since Abu Ghraib 18.485 2.508 13 12 72 21,090 With 7,145,4704 individuals, Baghdad is the the onset of the latest conflict in December 2013. Displace- 9, most populous governorate in the country, ment started before June with 96,738 IDP individuals, the Adhamia 2.595 281 1,220 133 1,352 1,896 7,477 which also holds one of the largest share of vast majority of whom displaced from Anbar and found Al Resafa 1.293 11 743 47 2,724 959 5,777 Iraqi IDPs,5 totalling over 476,000 persons. save haven in Abu Ghraib district After AGs seized control of Mosul and Tikrit, in early June Kadhimia 2.923 2 46 144 65 425 1,343 4,948 Strategic location in the centre of Iraq, to- and violence began to spread throughout the governorates, Karkh 19.965 217 1,250 554 11 1,342 3,347 26,686 gether with political importance of the coun- displacement began from Salah al-Din, Ninewa, Anbar Mada'in 140 18 22 523 45 1,391 303 2,442 try’s capital combined to the fact that over and within Baghdad, totalling 61,794 individuals. Most of the past decade this governorate received whom headed to Karkh(36%), Mada’in (16%) and Adhamia Mahmoudiya 2.702 1,566 2,662 164 125 7,219 multiple waves of IDPs. (14%) districts. Tarmia 1.359 107 747 2,213 In result, Baghdad held over a third of the es- After August, in result of the Sinjar offensive and spate of timated 1,6 million IDPs displaced in the af- security incidents, a total number of 317,532 persons were Thawra1 48 21 10 79 termath of the Samarra 2006 bombings.6 driven to Baghdad Governorate, 60% of whom originate Moreover, Thawra 1 and 2 which make up from Anbar. Abu Ghraib and Karkh received the largest Thawra2 19 325 156 709 204 1,413 Sadr City, the poorest area in Baghdad used share of those who displaced back then, 29% and 30% re- Total 49.481 1,803 6,780 3,677 621 7,976 9,006 79,344 to be a stronghold for Al Mehdi Army which spectively. IDPs who were driven from Anbar often go back fought against American forces following the to their areas of origin to check status of their properties or they rerurn, because they don’t feel safe in the place of displacement. In general, American Intervention. Baghdad governorate pulled IDPs mostly of Arab and Turkmen origins, which corresponds with ethno-religious make-up of the governorate. Currently, since the start of the recent con- 62,382 IDPs across Iraq originate in Baghdad, 65% of whom displaced internally within the governorate. This is related to unstable security sit- flict in late 2013, IDPs continue to flow to uation and increasing costs of living. The part of remainder fled to Sulaymaniyah (17%) and Anbar governorates (9%). Those who fled to Anbar Baghdad and settle mostly in Karkh, Abu settled mostly in Heet district. Ghraib and Mahmoudiya districts, which are WAVES OF DISPLACEMENT IN 2014 situated near Ramadi and Falluja - the areas affected the most by ongoing violence. JUNE-JULY The security situation remains unstable due PRE JUNE 61,794 IDP individuals POST AUGUST to the activity of various militias and spread 96,738 IDP individu- (10,299 families) 317,532 IDP individu- displaced, families of kidnappings for ransom.7 In result, over als (16,123 families), als (52,922 families) displaced, inter alia, displaced, 60% of 62,000 individuals displaced from and within 96% of whom dis- placed from Anbar from: Ninewa(35%),Sa- whom displaced from Baghdad. lah al-Din(21%),An- Anbar and 13% from With intensifying fights between armed bar(17%) Salah al-Din groups (AGs) and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), more IDPs are brought to the governorate. The influx of whom place additional strain on 2014 BAGHDAD 2015 the basic services including electricity and IRAQ water. ANBAR CRISIS9 MOSUL CRISIS THE SINJAR OFFENSIVE Reportedly, both, host community and IDPs live in continuous fear that violence ravag- In January clashes broke June 10, IS seized control of As IS continued persecuting ing Anbar in result of the Ramadi crisis might out in Ramadi, after the Ira- Mosul. Terrorists issued a Ninewa minorities, in August spread in Baghdad.8 qi army stormed a protest statement that Iraqi Chris- a vast population of Kurd- camp suspected of shelter- tians must ”convert, pay ish Yazidis sought refuge in ing insurgents. 94,927 fam- taxes, or be killled”. 117,284 the nearby Sinjar mountain. ilies displaced. families displaced. 277,626 families displaced. 4. Figures don›t include IDPs and Syrian refugees population and are based on Gol COSIT (2007); 7. RARTs monthly narrative reports, May 2015 5. IDPs and returnees are generally categorized in three different groups: those displaced prior to 2006 due to circumstances such asthe first and 8. RARTs monthly narrative reports, May 2015; second Gulf Wars, policies of the former regime, and environmental issues; those displaced after the dramatic rise in sectarian conflict between 2006- 9. Number of individuals is counted by multiplying number of families by 6, that is an average size of an Iraqi family.; 2008; and those who were displaced in late 2013 until present due to the armed group offensives that affected Iraq and Syria. 10. Ongoing displacement, IOM 2014 2 6.. Baghdad Governorate Profile, JAPU May 2015 IOM Iraq Governorate profile: Baghdad, May 2015 After the Sinjar offensive, a US-led coalition launched Operation Inherent Re- solve, targeting AG facilities in Iraq and Syria. In Iraq, the combination of increased 1. Intentions by district INTENTIONS 1% airstrikes and increased AG military activity combined to cause a steady increase 8% The period of time spent in displacement has in displacement figures, which continue to grow. not yet exceeded two years, therefore many The February spike in IDP number was due to the extension of DTM coverage. In IDPs haven’t had time to settle in their new result, more persons of concern were identified and assisted. locations. An undefined future and the chang- In April, clashes between AG and ISF, which triggered the Ramadi crisis skyrocket- ing character of the prevailing conflict which ed IDP numbers. So at end of May 2015, Baghdad hosted the second largest pop- 99% 99% 100%100%87% lacks a clear balance of power between AGs ulation of IDPs, after Anbar, totalling 16 % of all IDPs in Iraq. They were living in and ISF has clearly shaped the intentions of 1,884 locations in Baghdad governorate. IDPs throughout Iraq. Abu Ghraib and Karkh held the highest number of IDPs within the governorate Nearly all IDPs staying in Baghdad desire to due to their close proximity to Falluja and Ramadi districts which saw the fierc- return.