Iraq: Humanitarian Crisis Situation Report No. 62 (16 – 29 September 2015) [EN/KU/AR]

Highlights

• Emergency response is ongoing to curb the cholera outbreak affecting several governorates in southern and central Iraq.

• Two new camps for internally displaced people have opened in Baghdad providing shelter to nearly 3,500 Iraqis who have fled Anbar in recent months.

• About 375,000 people have returned to home areas that are largely destroyed by armed conflict. About 20,000 people returned to Salah al - Din between 22 and 29 September .

• Humanitarian needs in Iraq are outpacing available resources. The U$498 million Human - itarian Response Plan for July to December 2015 is funded at 40 per cent.