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KEY FIGURES

160,836 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Mosul and surrounding areas since the military offensive began on 17 October1

17,224 UNHCR kits of core relief items (CRIs) distributed to families (assisting some 98,000 people) displaced from Mosul and surrounding areas

10,105 Family plots (for some 54,000 people) in UNHCR built camps are ready to receive IDPs displaced from Mosul corridor, of which 5,679 (56%) are currently occupied

3 million IDPs since January 20142

239,077 Iraqi refugees hosted by neighbouring countries in the region, with 8,836 Iraqis received in Al Hol camp in Syria since 17 October

IOM-DTM Emergency Tracking. Improved access to Gogachly allowed IOM to verify the presence of an additional 6,000 IDPs (1,000 families) currently sheltered in the area. The DTM ET for Mosul was updated accordingly on 15 January.
IOM-DTM as of 22 December 2016

FUNDING

USD 578 million requested for IDPs and Iraqi refugees in the region in 2017.

POPULATION MOVEMENTS

Mosul: Since the intensification of the military offensive in and around Mosul after 29 December, the number of new arrivals to camps northeast of Mosul has sharply increased in the past two weeks, reaching 5,164 IDPs, significantly surpassing arrivals in the previous months: 1,576 IDPs in December and 4,660 IDPs in November. While Qaymawa camp is full, new arrivals are able to find shelter nearby in recently opened Nargizlia 1 camp, where over 1,500 plots are still available. Qayyarah Airstrip extension also opened on 16 January and over 3,000 IDPs (540 families) from Mosul and its environs were received the same day.

Return movements continue to take place from camps east of Mosul. According to camp management, over 1,100 persons left Khazer M1, Hasansham U2, and Hasansham U3 camps between 14 and 16 January. Families returned to Mosul city, Gogachly on the eastern outskirts of Mosul, and Qayyarah in the south of the Governorate.

Hawiga: The military offensive to retake Kirkuk Governorate’s last district still under extremists’ control is imminent, according to central authorities. IDPs continue to leave the district, and are exposed to very serious risks during their flight. IDPs report the presence of IEDs and mines along the way, and families being attacked or kidnapped as they escape. Over 16,000 persons have fled the district during the past two weeks. Most of them are accommodated in camps in Kirkuk, which are now full, while others reached Salah al-Din Governorate, where they are sheltered in Al Alam 2 camp (built by the Iraqi Government), and in the host community.