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DISPLACEMENT OF OVER 3.3 MILLION IDPs AMID CONTINUED RETURN MOVEMENTS

The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is IOM’s information management tool that gathers specific data on the status and location of displaced persons across Iraq.
From January 2014 to 22 June 2016, the DTM identified 3,320,274 internally displaced individuals (553,379 families), dispersed across 105 districts and 3,836 locations in Iraq.
Considering the available information and the DTM methodology, the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) has kept the planning figures for the humanitarian response at 3.3 million internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Highlights - National Overview

• The governorates hosting the largest IDP populations are Anbar, Baghdad, and Dahuk (page 2), with a total of 1,523,136 individuals, corresponding to 46% of the total IDP population.

• A total of 77% of the displaced population (2,561,952) have fled from two governorates only, namely Anbar and Ninewa (page 4).

• DTM included a new displacement period in its current methodology. The sixth observation period extends from 1 March 2016 to date, and is intended to capture displacements caused by the intensification of military operations in Anbar and Salah al-Din.

From 26 May to 22 June 2016:

• The total number of identified IDPs increased by 0.4%, i.e. by 14,016 individuals (page 3).

• Overall, the returnee population increased by 4%, i.e. by 27,822 individuals (page 12).

Fallujah Crisis

• Military operations to retake Falluja conducted by Iraqi Security Forces have caused a major upsurge in displacement from the city of Fallujah and its surrounding areas. According to the latest information available on the DTM Emergency Tracking, a total of 85,374 individuals were forcibly displaced as a result of the conflict from 23 May to 20 June. Additional details are provided in the annex at the end of the report.