IOM #Iraq Governorate Snapshot: Sulaymaniyah (September 2014)

LEGENDPrimary Movements

Identified IDP Families20,001 - 40,000

10,001 - 20,000

5,001 - 10,000

1,501 - 5,000

0 - 1,500

13,947 0 13,947 0

DISPLACEMENT SNAPSHOT: SULAYMANIYAH

1All information, unless otherwise speci�ed, in this report is from IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) from 1 September 2014 and from �eld reports of the Rapid Assessment and Response Teams. For more information on the DTM, visit: http://iomiraq.net/dtm-page

2 UNHCR Interagency Information Sharing Portal: data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees3Figures for number of individual IDPs have been calculated by multiplying the number of families by 6, the average size of an Iraqi family.

4 As a single location may host groups of IDPs from di�erent waves of displacement, this �gure represents the number of distinct locations in the governorate hosting new IDP populations for 2014, regardless of date of displacement.

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of IDP families were living in rented houses

55% of post-August IDP families were Yazidis from Ninewa fleeing armed groups

67% of IDP families were reported to have food as a priority need

IDP MOVEMENT IN 2014

86%

DISPLACEMENT IN 2014PROFILE OF DISPLACEMENT1

OVERVIEWSulaymaniyah, located in the northeast corner of Iraq bordering Iran, is part of the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The governorate hosts a significant population of Syrian refugees, the majority of which are in the Arbat Camp (24,425 persons) in the southeastern region of the governorate.2 It also continues to host a growing number of IDPs resulting from a worsening security situation in other areas of Iraq, mainly Anbar and Salah al-Din, due to ongoing fighting between government forces and armed groups (AGs) who have seized control of areas of central and northern Iraq. Sulaymaniyah is an attractive place for displaced families, as it has regularly enjoyed stable security and a comparatively strong economy. However, the economic situation has recently suffered gravely due to the ongoing budget disagreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the central government of Iraq (GOI) which has caused a delay of monthly salaries to public sector employees and subsequently led to the suspension of most construction projects and affected the market movement. Rent prices are continuously rising, leading to over-crowded rental homes; as well, fuel availability has been severely limited, and prices have drastically increased.

The security situation, as well, has deteriorated since April. In June, after GOI forces pulled out, the Kurdish Peshmarga forces were mobilized to areas whose governance has traditionally been disputed between the Central Government and the KRG. Security forces have raised alerts for threats and continue to set up checkpoints as a security measure.

IOM IRAQ SEPTEMBER 2014

FOR RENT

AUGUST 2014 TOTAL

8,466 IDP families

50,796 IDP individuals

54 locations

15,070 IDP families

90,420 IDP individuals3

104 locations4

PRE-JUNE 2014

IDENTIFIED IDP FAMILIESLEGEND

Primary Movements


10,001 - 20,000

5,001 - 10,000

1,501 - 5,000

0 - 1,500

6,776 0 6,776 0

20,001-40,00010,001-20,0005,001-10,000

1,501-5,0000-1,500

0 FLED SULAYMANIYAH

0 WITHIN SULAYMANIYAH

15,070 TO SULAYMANIYAH

15,070 TOTAL

Rania

1,488 IDP families


25 locations

5,116 IDP families


66 locations

JUNE-JULY 2014

Dokan

Pshdar

SharbazherSulaymaniyah

Penjwin

Chamchamal

Kalar

HalabjaDarbandihkan

LEGENDPrimary Movements


10,001 - 20,000

5,001 - 10,000

1,501 - 5,000

0 - 1,500

13,947 0 13,947 0

Displacement trends within the governorate have been mainly toward Sulaymaniya district which hosts about 59% of IDP families. Chamchamal and Kalar districts host the next largest numbers of IDPs in the governorate with close to 1,700 families each. IDPs originating from Diyala mainly relocated to Kalar district with a number of families in Darbandikhan. The vast majority of IDP families from Salah al-Din -more than 5,000 families- are located in Sulaymaniya district with small numbers of families across other districts.

Overall in 2014, the movement toward Sulaymaniyah has been from Salah al-Din and Anbar, with 45% and 35% respectively due to security crisis in these governorates and clashes between government forces and AGs. In the period before June, 85% of the IDP located in Sulaymaniyah originated from Anbar, and they were mostly Arab Sunni Muslims. Renewed fighting and violence since then has seen the arrival of the new minorities of Assyrian Christians, Kurdish Shia Muslims, and Kurdish Yazidis. During the months of June and July, close to 7,000 IDP families originated from Salah al-Din and the majority of them chose to relocate to Sulaymaniyah district.

Since the beginning of August, the vast majority of displacement toward Sulaymaniyah (more than 1,200 families) originated from Ninewa, which has experienced continued fighting and a deteriorating security situation.Notably, 55% of these families displaced since the start of August Sulaymaniyah were Kurdish Yazidis fleeing Ninewa as a result of the targeting they suffered from armed groups. Yazidi movement from Ninewa came as a result of clashes that broke out near the Sinjar Mountains. On August 4, a humanitarian corridor was opened under the protection of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces from the Sinjar Mountains to the Syrian border. By August 13th, most families had been evacuated via the safety corridor through Syria and had crossed into Dahuk at the Peshkhabour border Crossing. Many of these families have been displaced to Dahuk, but smaller numbers have chosen to relocate to Sulaymaniya.

While a small number of families in locations assessed in June and July were either hoping to return to an area of past displacement or were waiting on one or more factors to decide their intentions, the vast majority of families planned to return to their place of origin when the situation permitted. However, they all listed good security as their main pull factor to their current location.5

DISPLACEMENT TRENDS


5 Displacement Tracking Matrix Round IV Overview Report, as of 7 August 2014. Available here: http://iomiraq.net/dtm-page 2


IDENTIFIED IDP FAMILIES IN SULAYMANIYAH

CURRENT DISTRICT

GOVERNORATE OF ORIGIN TOTAL IDP FAMILIES

IDENTIFIEDAnbar Diyala Ninewa Salah al-Din

Sulaymaniyah 3,236 497 5,123 8,856

Chamchamal 708 381 701 1,790Kalar 487 1,192 1,679Dokan 492 413 355 1,260Darbandihkan 113 386 370 869Halabja 29 179 208Sharbazher 117 85 202Rania 103 53 156Pshdar 50 50TOTAL 5,285 1,578 1,479 6,728 15,070

A Christian IDP family seeking shelter in the St. Joseph Catholic Chaldean Church in Sulaymaniyah, as they are unable to afford the high rent prices. 12 August 2014

Food represents the number one priority need for 67% of IDP families in Sulaymaniya, NFIs and CRIs are also considered a priority need by more than 60% of the families. Water and shelter are also needs of the IDP population as 6% of families listed them as their top need. Almost all families reported not having access to food, while only small percentages reported not having adequate access to water, sanitation facilities, and health services.

NEEDS OF IDPS IN SULAYMANIYAH

The most common shelter type in Sulaymaniyah is rented houses with 86% of IDP families living in this type of accommodation. These families are likely to be using their savings to secure monthly rent; as their displacement is prolonged they might no longer be able to afford their current accommodation pushing them to seek more vulnerable shelter options.

Across the governorate, a small number of families, a little more than a 1,000 families, are staying in rented hotels, and about 400 families are seeking shelter in school buildings.

Notably, about 22% of families that arrived in Sulaymaniyah during the month of August are seeking shelter in school buildings with the majority located in the Chamchamal district (220 families). This growing phenomenon puts these families under great vulnerability; as the school year is about to start which will push these families to relocate. Currently, the local authorities have announced a plan to establish three new camps in Chamchamal, Kalar, and Dukan to accommodate the growing numbers of IDPs, in the meantime, a number of families is being transferred to Arbat camp in Sulaymaniyah district.

Although Chamchamal only holds 12% of the IDPs in Sulaymaniya, it hosts about half of the IDP population in schools across the governorate, a total of about 200 families. Of close to 450 families seeking shelter in abandoned buildings across the governorate, about 300 families are located in Kalar district. Interestingly, all the families that are being hosted in churches are Assyrian Christians and are located in Sulaymaniyah district.

SHELTER IN SULAYMANIYAH


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MOST COMMON SHELTER TYPES FOR IDPS IN SULAYMANIYAH

This governorate pro�le was developed under the framework of the Community Revitalization Programme III (CRPIII), funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).

6 Vulnerable housing types include camps/transit camps, religious buildings, informal settlements, abandoned buildings/public spaces/buildings under construction, school buildings, and collective centres.

7Other includes unknown, relatives, owned housing and religious buildings.

The Khanaqin and Kifri districts of Diyala have traditionally been considered ‘ Disputed Internal Boundaries’ (DIBs) between the government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional government (KRG), as the areas hold from both significant Arab and Kurdish populations and border the Sulaymaniyah governorate. Khaniqin specifically has been

Together, Khanaqin and Kifri host over 8,500 IDP families, effectively 90% of the displaced population in Diyala. All IDPs, over 2,500 families, which arrived in Kifri district, have all arrived during the month of June and July from Diyala. Similarly all 6,077 IDP families that have arrived in Khanaqin originated internally in Diyala and have all arrived since the start of June.

Over two thirds of IDPs in Kifri are currently staying in rented houses whereas over 500 families are currently being hosted by relative in the district. In Kifri and Khanaqin, 43% of families are currently in vulnerable housing.6

In Kifri alone, over 150 families are seeking shelter in school buildings, and a similar number in abandoned/public spaced/buildings under construction. In Khanaqin, IDPs are spread out amongst various shelter types with over 55% of families staying in vulnerable shelter, namely camps, schools buildings and abandoned/public spaced/buildings under construction. Across to two districts, about one in every six families is currently being hosted by relatives.

KHANAQIN AND KIFRI DISTRICTS

Camps to accommodate IDPs were constructed in Khanaqin district. July 2014.

Other7

Hotels

Rented housing

Schools

Abandoned buildings

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2

3

4

5

86%

1%3% 3%7%

Salah al-Din

Kirkuk

RaniaIDP Families: 156IDPs: 936

PshdarIDP Families: 50IDPs: 300

Kifri *IDP Families: 2,568IDPs: 15,408

KalarIDP Families: 1,679IDPs: 10,074

HalabjaIDP Families: 208IDPs: 1,248

DokanIDP Families: 1,260IDPs: 7,560

SharbazherIDP Families: 202IDPs: 1,212

Khanaqin *IDP Families: 6,077IDPs: 36,462

DarbandihkanIDP Families: 869IDPs: 5,214

ChamchamalIDP Families: 1,790IDPs: 10,740

SulaymaniyaIDP Families: 8,856IDPs: 53,136

Identified IDP Families30,001 - 81,00015,001 - 30,0005,001 - 15,0003,001 - 5,0001,501 - 3,000501 - 1,5001 - 500

DTM Sulaymaniyah Governorate Dashboard As of 1 September 2014

*: Disputed district that is assisted through KRG

IRAN

***: Based on an average of 6 individuals per family

IDP FamiliesIDPs ***

: 23,715: 142,290

TOTAL

Anbar

Najaf

Ninewa

Muthanna

Erbil

Diyala

Wassit

Basrah

Missan

Salah al-Din

Thi-Qar

KirkukSulaymaniyah

Dahuk

Qadissiya

BabylonKerbala

Baghdad

Governorate of Origin

DISTRICT OF DISPLACEMENT ANBAR DIYALA NINEWA SALAH AL-DIN TOTALChamchamal 708 381 701 1,790Darbandihkan 113 386 370 869Dokan 492 413 355 1,260Halabja 29 179 208Kalar 487 1,192 1,679Pshdar 50 50Rania 103 53 156Sharbazher 117 85 202Sulaymaniya 3,236 497 5,123 8,856Khanaqin * 6,077 6,077Kifri * 2,568 2,568TOTAL 5,285 10,223 1,479 6,728 23,715

IDP FAMILIES BY GOVERNORATE OF ORIGIN

1,525 Camp 31 With Host Family Non Relatives 1,067 Hotel / Motel

15,381 Rented Houses 963 School Buildings 1,307 Unknown Or Other

32 Own House 97 Mosques / Holly Shrines

1,211 With Relatives 2,101 Abandoned Public Buildings

IDP FAMILIES BY SHELTER ARRANGEMENT

Within SulaymaniyahTo SulaymaniyahFrom Sulaymaniyah

023,715 0

IDP Families23,715

IOM #Iraq Governorate Snapshot: Sulaymaniyah (September 2014)

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