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| Iraq |
| 10 IDP camps slated to close |
| 2021-02-12 |
| The Kurdistan Regional government says otherwise [NRTtv] SULAIMANI — Iraq’s Minister for Migration and Displacement Evan Faek Jabro said on Wednesday (February 10) that ten camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) will soon be closed down in the Kurdistan Region, but a Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) official has denied that plans are in motion. Since mid-October, the federal government has been closing down IDP camps across the country, eliciting condemnations from local and international human rights organizations. Most of those who will leave the camps as a result of the closures are women and children, who were already vulnerable. Their wellbeing is of particular concern in light of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the onset of winter, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in December. Jabro said during an interview with al-Ashra program on the state-run al-Iraqiya television station that more than 140 of 174 camps in the country were shut down over the past six months. All but two of the remaining 25 IDP camps are in the Kurdistan Region, including fifteen in Duhok, sheltering a total of 182,236 people as of late December. More at the link |
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