DTMDISPLACEMENT EMERGENCY AND RETURNS TO SINJAR TRACKINGAND AL-BA’AJ DISTRICTS DISPLACEMENT AND RETURNS TO PERIOD COVERED: SINJAR AND AL-BA’AJ DISTRICTS 22 NOVEMBER 2020 TO 3 JANUARY 2021 *All charts/graphs in this document show total figures for the period of 8 June 2020 to 3 January 2021 Between 22 November 2020 and 3 January 2021, DTM tracked 4,484 indi- 45,268 viduals (826 families) returning to Sinjar and Al-Ba’aj districts in Iraq’s Ninewa 77% 23% Governorate. This brings the total number of individuals who have taken this INDIVIDUALS Returnees Out-of-camp route to 45,268 (8,488 families) since data collection commenced on 8 June 2020. IDPs 8,488 In this reporting period, the average number of daily individual arrivals was 111 to Sinjar (down significantly from 258 in the last round) and 10 to Al-Ba’aj (down FAMILIES from 16 in the last round). In this period, the daily number of arrivals to Sinjar is Moved to Sinjar and 91% 9% lower than the overall daily average since 8 June (205); the daily number of arrivals Al-Ba’aj districts to Sinjar to Al-Ba’aj to Al-Ba’aj is also lower than the overall daily average since 8 June (19). Of those individuals who arrived between 22 November 2020 and 3 January 2021, a total of 4,106 were recorded in Sinjar (92%) and 378 were recorded in Al-Ba’aj (8%) – broadly consistent with the rates of individuals’ districts of arrival 81% 18% <1% <1% <1% from since 8 June. from Dahuk from Ninewa from Erbil Sulaymaniyah from Kerbala The most common sub-district of arrival was Al-Shamal with 2,514 individuals Mostly from Mostly from Mostly from Mostly from All from (56%), followed by Markaz Sinjar with 1,077 individuals (24%). Together, these two Zakho and Al-Shikhan Erbil district Sulaymaniyah Kerbala district sub-districts comprise 78 per cent of all individuals recorded as having arrived to district Sumel districts district Sinjar and Al-Ba’aj since data collection commenced on 8 June. Otherwise, 515 individuals arrived to the sub-district of Qaeyrrawan (11%) and 378 arrived to Al-Qahtaniyah (8%). 70% 30% Of those individuals identified as arriving between 22 November and 3 January, 3,790 were recorded as returnees (85%), while the remaining 694 were recorded from camp settings from out-of-camp settings as out-of-camp IDPs (15%). This represents a deviation from the overall propor- tion of individuals having been identified as returnees (77%) and out-of-camp IDPs (23%) since 8 June. INDIVIDUALS BY SUB-DISTRICT OF ARRIVAL Additionally, between 22 November and 3 January, a total of 3,555 individuals 22,487 were recorded as departing from Dahuk Governorate (79%) – which is similar to +2,514 the rates of individuals having departed from there since 8 June (81%). As with all 12,981 previous rounds, between 22 November and 3 January, the majority of individ- +1,077 uals from Dahuk were recorded as coming from the districts of Sumel (45% of all 19,973 5,952 individuals) and Zakho (29%). The remaining individuals from Dahuk Governorate 3,843 11904 +515 +378 were recorded as coming from the districts of Dahuk (4% of all individuals) and 5 5437 3,465 Amedi (1%). Al-Qahtaniya Markaz Al-Ba'aj Al-Shamal Markaz Sinjar Qaeyrrawan Additionally, between 22 November and 3 January, a further 810 individuals were Al-Ba'aj Sinjar recorded as having come from within Ninewa (18%), mainly from Al-Shikhan (14% of all individuals), with rest from Sinjar (3%), Tilkaif (1%), and Mosul (<1%). This 8 June – 21 November 2020 proportion (18%) of individuals recorded as having come from Ninewa between 22 November 2020 – 3 January 2021 22 November and 3 January is consistent with the overall proportion of indi- Grand Total viduals recorded as having come from there since 8 June (18%). Otherwise, 31 individuals arrived from Sulaymaniyah Governorate (1%), while 40 individuals Map 1. Population Movements to Sinjar and Al-Ba’aj districts arrived from Erbil Governorate (1% of all individuals), and 48 individuals arrived Number of individuals from Kerbala Governorate (1%) – the first account of movements from there 3 - 1,534 Zakho since data collection for this exercise commenced on 8 June. 1,535 - 11,861 Dahuk Amedi 11,862 - 20,590 Since 8 June, almost all individuals have been recorded as having departed from Sumel Dahuk To Al-Ba’aj Mergasur To Sinjar District boundary Sumel (49% of all individuals), Zakho (28%), and Al-Shikhan districts (14%). Governorate boundary Telafar Al-Shikhan Akre Between 22 November and 3 January, of the 4,106 individuals who arrived to Tilkaif Soran Choman Sinjar District, 3,348 came from Dahuk Governorate (82%), while 639 came from Shaqlawa within Ninewa (16%), 48 came from Kerbala (1%), 40 came from Erbil (1%), and Al-Hamdaniya Erbil Rania Pshdar Sinjar 31 came from Sulaymaniyah (1%). Additionally, of the 378 individuals who arrived Erbil Mosul Koisnjaq to Al-Ba’aj District, 207 came from Dahuk (55%) and 171 came from within Ninewa Dokan Sharbazher Ninewa (45%). Makhmur Al-Ba'aj Sulaymaniyah Dabes Furthermore, during the same period, a total of 2,826 individuals were recorded Sulaymaniya From Kerbala Hatra as coming from camp settings (63%), while the remaining 1,658 individuals came Kirkuk Al-Shirqat Chamchamal Kirkuk from out-of-camp settings (37%). This is broadly consistent with the rates of indi- Al-Hawiga Daquq viduals coming from different settings since 8 June, as follows: 31,578 individuals Salah Al-Din Tooz Kalar Anbar Baiji Al-Ka'im Ra'ua Haditha Tikrit have arrived from camp settings (70%) while 13,690 individuals have arrived from out-of-camp settings (30%). Between 22 November and 3 January, increases were recorded in the number In addition, since 8 June 2020, the total number of individuals who have come of individuals who had been living in camp settings in their previous districts of from out-of-camp settings within Sumel is now 7,507 (up from 6,598), while displacement. Since 8 June 2020, the total number of individuals now in Sinjar Zakho’s is now 2,078 (up from 1,889), and Al-Shikhan’s is 1,087 (up from 991). and Al-Ba’aj who have come from camp settings within Sumel is now 14,617 (up from 13,486), while Zakho’s is 10,808 (up from 9,705), and Al-Shikhan’s is 5,339 (up from 4,795). INDIVIDUALS BY DISTRICT OF DEPARTURE 22,124 8 June – 21 November 2020 22 November 2020 – 3 January 2021 Grand Total +2,040 12,886 +1,292 6,426 +640 706 909 1,020 30 3 547 10 263 10 8 230 18 15 15 48 +48 +175 +2 +111 +57 +40 +25 +6 - - Amedi Dahuk Sumel Zakho Al-Shikhan Mosul Sinjar Telafar Tilkaif Akre Erbil Soran Shaqlawa Sulaymaniya Sharbazher Chamchamal Dokan Kerbala Dahuk Ninewa Erbil Sulaymaniyah Kerbala INDIVIDUALS BY TYPE OF LOCATION IN PREVOUS DISTRICT OF DISPLACEMENT (CAMP/OUT-OF-CAMP) 8 June – 21 November 2020 22 November 2020 – 3 January 2021 Grand Total 14,617 +1,131 10,808 +1,103 7,507 +909 5,339 +544 2,078 1,087 662 823 1,020 547 +189 +96 44 86 +175 263 30 +111 3 178 18 10 4 11 10 8 15 48 +48 +40 +2 +57 52 +25 +6 Camp Out of Camp Out of Camp Out of Out of Out of Out of Camp Out of Out of Out of Camp Out of Camp Out of Out of Out of Camp Out of Camp Out of Out of Out of camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp camp Al-Shikhan Amedi Dahuk Erbil Mosul Sinjar Sumel Telafar Tilkaif Zakho Sulaymaniya Soran Chamchamal Akre Shaqlawa Dokan Kerbala Sharbazher NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL ARRIVALS PER DAY 707 616 562 572 563 519 520 491 509 389 382 375 369 353 369 339 350 332 288 258 350 244 220 221 217 207 196 205 268 258 267 248 178 166 223 256 151 147 129 205 217 88 88 177 161 168 78 100 33 145 54 44 88 136 38 103 125 124 97 16 25 82 56 5 14 35 61 41 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 1 4 7 10 13 17 21 24 27 30 2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 1 5 8 11 15 21 24 27 30 3 June July Augus t September October November November January 2020 2021 ADDITIONAL ANECDOTAL NARRATIVE Reasons for returns Assistance and registration • Reasons for IDPs returning to Sinjar include their desire to go home, • Reportedly, the Directorate of National Security in Sinjar has established as well as the improved security situation in their areas of origin, while a feedback/complaint/response mechanism in the form of a hotline to be Mukhtars, local NGOs and returnees have also encouraged IDPs to used by the new returnees or IDPs willing to return to their areas of origin return home. Threats facing eviction in locations of displacement is in Sinjar. The main purpose of the system is to enable authorities to follow also a factor for those IDPs returning to Sinjar. Otherwise, the main up on emerging issues/complaints, including but not limited to difficulties at reason for IDPs returning to Al-Ba’aj also relates to their desire to go checkpoints, as well as on reports that some of the newly returned individ- home, while the availability of services (such as education and health) uals occupy buildings that do not belong to them.