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SITUATION OVERVIEW

As a result of massive displacement to northern Iraq since 3 August, the United Nations has increased its planning number of people displaced in Iraq to 1.8 million. This is an increase of 250,000 from the previous planning figure of 1.2 million. The IDP number does not include people displaced in Iraq before 2014, nor does it include the 225,000 Syrian refugees in northern Iraq. Population movement to Erbil and Dahuk governorates (Kurdistan Region) has been stabilizing. Local authorities in Dahuk report that there are now over 400,000 IDPs in the Governorate. Displacement from Ninewa and Anbar continues to central and southern governorates (Kerbala, Najaf, Qaddisiya, Baghdad, Basra), where local authorities are overstretched and unable to respond to increasing demands in basic services.