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KEY FIGURES

379,014 Internally displaced Iraqis verified as being currently displaced from Mosul and surrounding areas since military operations to retake the city began on 17 October 2016

507,000 IDPs, returnees and members of the host community from Mosul and surrounding areas assisted by UNHCR since 17 October 2016.

145,783 Individuals (30,973 households) impacted by military operations to retake Mosul since October 2016 are currently enrolled in ASSIST, UNHCR’s assistance tracking tool

3 million IDPs since January 2014

253,992 Iraqi refugees hosted in countries in the region, and 17,282 Iraqis received in Al Hol camp in Syria since 17 October 2016

FUNDING

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

POPULATION MOVEMENTS

As fighting reportedly closes in on Mosul’s Old City, new displacement from surrounding neighbourhoods increases. Close to 11,000 persons arrived at Hammam Al-Alil screening site between 3 and 4 June, according to authorities on-site, a significant increase compared to the average 2,000 daily arrivals reported in the past week. New arrivals are mainly from neighbourhoods close to the Old City in northwest Mosul, where fighting is ongoing. Although additional screening sites have been set up, most internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing west Mosul continue to undergo security clearance in Hammam Al-Alil, 20 kilometres south of Mosul, before moving onwards to camps or urban areas.

UNHCR’s protection partner reports that a substantial number of IDPs arrive at mustering points and transit sites in and around Mosul physically exhausted, having been exposed to grave risks and violence along the way. IDPs report that fighting, armed groups’ threats, and the presence of snipers prevented them from leaving their houses any earlier. New arrivals from Al Zanjili in west Mosul, where heavy fighting is reportedly ongoing, faced particularly serious risks as they fled.

Several families interviewed by UNHCR’s protection partner mentioned having lost at least one family member. The number of injured IDPs has reportedly increased over the past few days, both in Hammam Al-Alil, and at mustering points and screening sites along the way. On 3 June, 23 IDPs who arrived at Hammam Al-Alil transit centre were urgently referred to health partners for treatment of injuries reportedly received in west Mosul or during their flight.