Iraq: Humanitarian Bulletin, March/April 2017 | Issued on 25 April [EN/AR/KU]

HIGHLIGHTS

• Displacement from west Mosul continues to surge, reaching 382,000 displaced as of 25 April.

• Over half of destroyed or heavily damaged sites in Mosul are residential.

• Mandatory return orders halted in Anbar.

• Military operations to retake western Anbar from ISIL could displace up to 60,000 people.

• Over half of IHPF partners are now national NGOs

People fleeing Mosul hostilities exceed 500,000

382,000 have fled western neighbourhoods

The rate of displacement from west Mosul continues to escalate as fighting to retake the west of the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) closes in on the old city. An estimated 382,000 people have fled western neighbourhoods since late February. An estimated 450,000 people are in areas of west Mosul inaccessible to humanitarian partners. As of 25 April, a total of 543,000 people have fled the fighting in Mosul and surrounds, 452,000 of whom are still in displacement, according to government figures. The majority of displaced people are sheltering in displacement camps and emergency sites to the south, east and north of the city, where government and humanitarian partners are providing assistance. Partners are preparing for a variety of possible scenarios, including a further surge in large-scale displacement.

Camp construction is rapidly accelerating to meet the needs of the newly-displaced, and to accommodate people who may flee in the near future.