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IDP Factsheet: Duhok City, Duhok Governorate, Iraq - Data Collected: 23 June 2014

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The worsening security situation in parts of northern and central Iraq has caused mass internal displacement across much of the country. With the view to inform the humanitarian response, the REACH Initiative is conducting rapid assessments on displacement trends and priority needs of Internally Displaced Person (IDPs).

The city of Duhok, the largest in Duhok Governorate, is roughly 470 km from Baghdad. It is a popular tourist destination so there is a lot of accommodation available which, along with the presence of family, greatly influences the decision of IDPs to stay there.
REACH teams were rapidly deployed across the city and assessed 239 IDP families (1,285 individuals) living in rented apartments or being hosted by family