IOM #Iraq Ninewa Governorate Displacement Snapshot (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

9,549 9,196 353 63,416

DISPLACEMENT SNAPSHOT: NINEWA

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

2Figures for number of individual IDPs have been calculated by multiplying the number of families by 6, the average size of an Iraqi family.

3 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 school buildings

84% of IDP families were reported to have food items as a top priority need

96% of IDP families were reported to be in need of core relief items (CRIs)

IDP MOVEMENT IN 2014

17%

DISPLACEMENT IN 2014PROFILE OF DISPLACEMENT1

OVERVIEWNinewa, located in northern Iraq along its border with Syria, has experienced a massive increase in violence and displacement since armed groups (AGs) seized its capital city of Mosul in early June. While the security situation in Ninewa had been volatile for months preceding this seizure and subsequent conflict between AGs and government forces, since June large portions of the governorate have been taken over and are currently being controlled by AGs.

Therefore, hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in Ninewa to seek safety as the conflict rages. Nearly 200,000 people were displaced from locations in Ninewa in June and July 2014, a very substantial figure; however, this pales in comparison to the over 600,000 individuals who were forced to flee in the month of August.

IOM IRAQ SEPTEMBER 2014

AUGUST 2014 TOTAL

2,542 IDP families

15,252 IDP individuals

10 locations

17,504 IDP families

105,024 IDP individuals2

67 locations3

PRE-JUNE 2014

IDENTIFIED IDP FAMILIES



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

121,972 FLED NINEWA

17,001 DISPLACED WITHIN NINEWA503 TO NINEWA

17,504 TOTAL IN NINEWA

Akre

14,624 IDP families


27 locations

338 IDP families


40 locations

JUNE-JULY 2014

Sinjar

Telafar

Mosul



10,001 - 20,000

5,001 - 10,000

1,501 - 5,000

0 - 1,500

9,549 9,196 353 63,416

Al-Ba’aj

Hatra

TilkaifAl-Shikhan

Al-Hamdaniyah

of IDP families were living in religious buildings

16%

76,938

17,00113,601 12,428

10,5708,435

Dahuk Ninewa Othergovernorates

Najaf Erbil Kerbala

Nearly half of the 1.7 million IDPs displaced within Iraq in 2014 have originated from the governorate of Ninewa. Displacement originating from Ninewa has occurred in multiple waves. The first wave began when AGs seized the city of Mosul in early June and over the following weeks, quickly expanded the areas of northern Iraq under their control. Through July and August, AGs’ advance through the north resulted in the displacement of thousands more, particularly those belonging to Christian groups and other minorities such as the Turkmens. In early August, tens of thousands of Yazidis living in Sinjar district of Ninewa were displaced from their homes after an AG offensive.

For the more than 130,000 families fleeing their homes in Ninewa, only 12% still remain within the governorate, primarily in Akre and Al-Shikhan districts. Over half have sought safety and security in the bordering Dahuk governorate, a total of over 75,000 families. Most of these families are Kurdish Yazidis who fled Ninewa using a humanitarian corridor through Syria before reentering Iraq through Dahuk’s Peshkhabour border crossing.

Najaf, Erbil, and Kerbala together hold another 23% of IDPs displaced from Ninewa. In Najaf and Kerbala, both Shia-majority governorates, the IDP population is entirely Turkmen Shia Muslims, while in Erbil, most IDPs are Chaldean Christians.

DISPLACEMENT TRENDS


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

5 Figures for number of individual IDPs have been calculated by multiplying the number of families by 6, the average size of an Iraqi family. 2


IDPS FROM NINEWAAkre and Al-Shikhan districts each hold 37% of the IDP population in Ninewa (approximately 6,500 families in each district); notably, IDPs in both of these districts are currently being assisted by Dahuk and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Families in these districts are nearly all Kurdish Yazidis. Mosul, Tilkaif, and Telafar districts hold the remaining IDP population in Ninewa, with 15%, 9%, and 2% respectively. Just over 500 IDP families displaced to Ninewa from Anbar and Salah al-Din in 2014 and are primarily Arab Sunni Muslims concentrated in Mosul district. While 30% of IDPs in Mosul district are Kurdish Yazidis, all IDPs currently in Telafar and Tilkaif are Arab Sunni Muslims.

While Ninewa held just over 17,500 IDP families as of 1 September, many families have first displaced within Ninewa before later seeking a longer-term displacement location in another governorate. In locations assessed with the full DTM assessment in June and July, all IDPs displaced in Ninewa intended to return to their place of origin when the situation permitted.4

DISPLACEMENT TRENDSIDPS IN NINEWA

CURRENT LOCATION FORIDP FAMILIES FROM NINEWA

DISPLACEMENT ORIGINATING FROM NINEWA 2014

PRE-JUNE 2014 JUNE-JULY 2014 AUGUST 2014 TOTAL 2014

IDP FAMILIES 13 32,614 106,346 138,973 IDP families

IDP INDIVIDUALS5 78 195,684 638,076 833,838 IDP individuals

Core relief items (CRIs) and food items were by far the most commonly cited needs for families displaced within Ninewa, with 96% and 84% of families reported to be in need of these services, respectively. As well, with the school year beginning, the other 3,000 families being accommodated in schools as of September 1 may be exposed to further vulnerability as they will either need to move to a new location or will remain in the schools and inhibit children’s access to education.

Generally, IDPs in Ninewa were reported to have sufficient access to goods and services. In Mosul district, however, 18 locations holding 158 families reported much poorer access to potable water, adequate quantities of food, health facilities, and sanitation facilities.

Notably, most of these families were pre-June IDPs displaced from Anbar.

Displaced families within Ninewa, as of September 1, were primarily being hosted by relatives, in religious buildings, in school buildings, or were staying in abandoned buildings/public spaces/buildings under construction.

Being hosted by relatives was the most common shelter type in Ninewa, with 29% of families in this type of accommodation. School buildings and religious buildings, such as mosques, holy shrines, and churches, were the two next common; half of IDPs in schools were living in 7 locations in Al-Shikhan, while nearly all of those in religious buildings were in 9 locations in the districts of Akre and Al-Shikhan.

SHELTER, SERVICES, AND NEEDS


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A young girl, displaced from her home in Mosul, waits with her family to recieve an IOM non-food item kit, a WFP food parcel, and a UNICEF hygiene kit in Qasrok, Akre district on 19 June, soon after the conflict began.

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).

931

1,360

1,526

1,762

800

1,300

1,000

1,250

429

410

948 1,000

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000

Al-Shikhan Akre Mosul Tilkaif Telafar

MOST COMMON SHELTER TYPES FOR IDP FAMILIES IN NINEWA

ABANDONED BUILDINGS, PUBLIC SPACES, AND BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

SCHOOL BUILDINGS

HOSTED BY RELATIVES

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS

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