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KEY FIGURES
85,000 individuals* displaced from Falluja and surrounding areas
24,000 individuals** displaced from Mosul and surrounding areas
3.3 million IDPs* in Iraq since January 2014 230,000 Iraqi refugees*** in the region
Funding
UNHCR’s overall appeal of USD 584 million for IDPs and Iraqi refugees in the region is only 21% funded
ANBAR CORRIDOR
▪ Iraqi Security Forces have been advancing to Jazerat Al Khalidiya, the river peninsula between Ramadi and Falluja. Shelling has already led to new displacement towards northern Ramadi and as of 27 June further displacement continued with families fleeing towards Al-Khalidiyah.
Authorities have transported over 400 families arriving in Ramadi onward to Kilo 18 camp. It is estimated that there are over a 1,000 families in Jazerat Al Khalidiya and many of them are likely to be displaced in the coming days.
▪ UNHCR erected 160 tents in Al-Khalidiya camp on 27 June to decongest overcrowding and provide space for new arrivals. Overall, UNHCR has provided 2,311 tents and erected 10 Rubb Halls to shelter over 16,000 new arrivals from Falluja. UNHCR has also distributed nearly 8,500 kits of core relief items (CRIs) such as blankets, mattresses and jerry cans to help about 50,000 people who fled Falluja.
MOSUL CORRIDOR
▪ Families continue to flee fighting in Shirqat district in Salah al-Din Governorate. Over 500 families have arrived in the Al-Hajaj area, and authorities are now expecting that up to 2,000 families could arrive in the coming days. While the local community and authorities have rallied to assist displaced families, those efforts are neither sufficient nor sustainable. Authorities have appealed to humanitarian organisations to assist families arriving in Al-Hajaj, and UNHCR is currently assessing the needs in order to respond.
▪ There are no facilities to receive the high number of arriving families, and more than 100 families who had arrived into Al-Hajaj on 26 June spent an entire day waiting in the open, without any respite from the high temperatures and humidity until they could finally find sponsors in the community to accommodate them. Hundreds more families near AlMojama'at (around 11 Km from Shirqat) waited a day for transportation to Al-Hajaj and are now looking for sponsors.