MISSAN GOVERNORATE PROFILE OVERVIEW3 JUNE 2015 94 IDP families 8% 1,245 IDP FAMILIES IDP camps DISPLACEMENT OVER TIME total population: 1,020 individuals1 IDP families hosted in the governorate2 7,470 IDP INDIVIDUALS IDP population density 1,259 1,197 1,272 977 IDP families 1,148 1,245 46% OF ALL IDPS ARE UNDER 1,170 1,155 78% 1,039 1,125 14 Eyes of Missan 688 GOVERNORATE OF ORIGIN 5 IDP families 109 IDP families 9% 13 IDP families less than 1% 1% 1% 1% of a 10% 9% n ll 4% ha ID t P 2% s s s i e n l 129 11% I r 4 6 a q 6 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 64% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 47 IDP families Jul Jan 4% Jun Oct Apr Apr Sep Feb Dec Aug Nov Mar Mar May May 99% Anbar Babylon Baghdad Diyala Kirkuk Ninewa MOST COMMON SHELTER TYPES INTENTIONS Salah al-Din WAVES OF DISPLACEMENT Iraq 3% 87% 8% Missan Total 4% 85% 10% 21% 24% 9% Qal'at Saleh 4% 82% 2% Host Families Rented School 14% 42% housing 37% buildings 12% Amara 3% 89% 8% Al-Mejar Al-Kabir 11% 3% 64% 22% TOP PRIORITY NEEDS Al-Maimouna 40% 60% Al-Kahla 77% 23% 1 2 3 4 5 53% Ali Al-Gharbi 90% 10% 90% Locally integrate in current location Resettle to third location Access Shelter NFIs Health Food 1- Pre-June14 2- June-July14 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 24 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: Missan, June 2015 DISPLACEMENT TRENDS 1. IDPs by governorate of origin Missan governorate wasn’t directly affected by Governorate of origin OVERVIEW the ongoing violence, therefore the influx of IDPs District of Anbar Babylon Bagh- Diyala Kirkuk Ninewa Salah Total to this area reflects the general developments in displacement dad al-Din of IDP Missan, bordering Basrah, is located in the Iraq. The first 180 IDP12 individuals were driv- individuals upper-southeast region of Iraq. With total en here mostly from Al-Rasafa in Baghdad and population of 824,1474 individuals, it is one Ba’aquba in Diyala before June. This was presuma- Ali Al-Gharbi 102 - 12 - 6 186 258 564 5 of the poorest governorate in the country. bly due to the poor security situation in the afore- Al-Kahla - - 48 - 24 - 6 78 In May, IOM staff reported that deteriorated mentioned governorates, including the spread of Al-Maimouna - - - 12 - 12 6 30 economy was still impeding construction and kidnappings and assasinations by unknown actors investment projects in the governorate.6 Al-Mejar Al- 6 - 24 6 108 492 18 654 in Ba’aquba. The vast majority of those who dis- Kabir The Marshlands compose 40% of the gov- placed in the first wave settled in Amara district Amara 546 48 180 120 654 3,864 450 5,862 ernorate covering Qala’at Saleh, Al-Mejar - the governorate’s capital. Al-Kabir, Al-Maimouna and Al-Kahla districts With the capture of Mosul and Tikrit cities, an ad- Qal'at Saleh 6 - - 24 24 216 12 282 and continue to suffer from environmental ditional number of over 1,530 persons fled mostly Total 660 48 264 162 816 4,770 750 7,470 changes, given that they depend on eco-sys- to Amara district escaping ravaging violence in Sa- tems for water and livelihoods.7 Reportedly, lah al-Din (25% of the then displaced IDPs in Mis- the population residing in Marshlands gave san) and Ninewa (40%) governorates. IDPs fled mostly from the districts witnessing the fiercest fights in the reporting period, including support to the Shi’a political movements, Mosul in Ninewa, Tikrit and Al-Daur districts in Salah al-Din. Additionally, the AGs developments in Kirkuk pushed 216 individuals to which spread in southern Iraq in the after- Missan. math of the American Intervention.8 Over half of the IDPs who currently reside in Missan (3,972 individuals) displaced after August. Notably, 71% of more than 5,750 individ- Missan wasn’t directly affected by the vio- uals who have displaced to the governorate since then, originate in various districts of Ninewa, including Mosul and Al-Hamdaniya. The lence ongoing in Iraq over the past decade, remainder was driven, inter alia, from Kirkuk and Ramadi in Anbar. The majority of those sought haven in Amara district. however it hosted nearly 40,000 of the 2006 IDPs. 9 WAVES OF DISPLACEMENT IN 2014 Recently, the outbreak of conflict in 2014 JUNE-JULY brought here over 7,400 individuals who dis- PRE JUNE POST AUGUST placed mostly from Ninewa. The total IDP10 1,536 IDP individuals 5,754 IDP individuals population in Missan amounts to less than 1% 180 IDP individuals (256 families) (30 families),dis- displaced , inter alia, (959 families) of the total IDP population in Iraq. The major- placed, inter alia, 40% from Ninewa, displaced, inter alia, ity of displaced populations reside in Amara from 30% Baghdad, 25% from Salah al-Din, 71% from Ninewa, 9% from Kirkuk and 9% 20% from Ninewa district - the governorate‘s capital and admin- from Anbar istrative centre, which continues to pull IDPs and 20% from Anbar due to the access to basic services. Security situation remains relatively stable. However, IOM staff reported conflicts, which 2014 MISSAN 2015 originate from traditional, tribal make-up of IRAQ the governorate population. 11 ANBAR CRISIS13 MOSUL CRISIS THE SINJAR OFFENSIVE Despite that, Missan still enjoys stable secu- In January clashes broke June 10, IS seized control of August. As IS continued per- rity situation. out in Ramadi, after the Ira- Mosul. Terrorists issued a secuting Ninewa minorities, qi army stormed a protest statement that Iraqi Chris- a vast population of Kurdish camp suspected of shelter- tians must ”convert, pay Yazidis sought refuge in the ing insurgents. 94,927 fam- taxes, or be killled”. 117,284 nearby Sinjar mountain. ilies displaced. families displaced. 288,129 families displaced. 4. Figures don›t include IDPs and Syrian refugees population and are based on Gol COSIT (2007); 10. IDPs and returnees are generally categorized in three different groups: those displaced prior to 2006 due to circumstances such asthe first and 5. ReliefWeb. Iraq:Missan, Qadissiya, Wassit - Governorate Profiles post Feb 2006 IDP needs assessments Dec 2007 second Gulf Wars, policies of the former regime, and environmental issues; those displaced after the dramatic rise in sectarian conflict between 2006- 6. RART monthly narrative report, May 2015 2008; and those who were displaced in late 2013 until present due to the armed group offensives that affected Iraq and Syria. 7.Missan Governorate Profile, JAPU 2015; 8. ibid. 11. RART monthly narrative report. March 2015 12. Number of individuals is counted by multiplying number of families by 6, 2 9. ReliefWeb. Iraq:Missan, Qadissiya, Wassit - Governorate Profiles post Feb 2006 IDP needs assessments Dec 2007 that is an average size of an Iraqi family.; 13. Ongoing displacement, IOM 2014 IOM Iraq Governorate profile: Missan, June 2015 2. Intentions by district November saw a slight drop in the IDP figures as some families returned to their INTENTIONS governorates of origin. Reportedly, many families had their relatives killed by the 8% 10% 8% 14% 10% AGs or faced direct threats.14 Moreover, the halt of basic services in the governo- 23% 22% Overall, the trends observed in Missan cor- rates of origin was another push factor for displacement.15 esspond with those prevailing in Iraq. As a Currently, IDPs who reside in Missan governorate amount to less than 1% of the 60% result, 85% of IDPs intend to return to their all IDP population in Iraq. governorates of origin, if possible. The availability of services, housing, presence of a camp and administrative For many of those who fled the spread of vi- 89% 85% 87% character of Amara district continue to pull IDPs to this area. As a result, it held 90% 64% 82% olence, the period of time spent in displace- 77% over 78% of all IDPs in the governorate as of May 2015. After Basrah, Amara ment has not yet exceeded two years, so they district hosts the second largest IDP population in south Iraq, amounting to 19% haven’t had time to settle in their new loca- 40% tions. An undefined future and the changing of all persons who were driven to southern governorates of Basrah, Missan, Thi- 3% Qar and Muthanna. This is mostly due to the stable security situation and the 11% character of the prevailing conflict which 3% 4% 3% aforementioned factors. While the vast majority of IDPs in Amara are Shia, it is lacks a clear balance of power between AGs a district hosting a significant Sunni populaiton as well. About 60% of Sunnis in and ISF has clearly shaped the intentions of Missan originated in Anbar. IDPs throughout Iraq. 17% of IDPs in the governorate were accommodated by Ali Al-Gharbi and In general, only 4% of total IDP population Al-Mejar Al-Kabir districts. in Missan have desire to locally integrate.