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PART I: IMPACT Of THE CRIsIs

than one million displaced and refugees are in the Kurdistan country’s food sufficiency, and hundreds of thousands of
Region. In 2017, depending on the intensity and length of people have been forced to migrate to urban areas for jobs and
fighting in Mosul, Hawiga and Tel Afar, as many as 1.2 million support. The number of health consultations performed in
additional civilians may be forced from their homes. health clinics has increased eightfold and around 23 hospitals
and more than 230 primary health facilities have been
More people are vulnerable now than at any time during damaged or destroyed. Schools in the governorates impacted
the recent conflict. Three years of continuous conflict and by ISIL are forced to convene three sequential sessions to cope
economic stagnation have impacted nearly every aspect of with the increased number of students. Nearly 3.7 million
Iraqi society. Poverty rates in Kurdistan have doubled and school-aged Iraqi children attend school irregularly, or not at
unemployment has trebled in many communities. Payrolls for all, and more than 765,000 displaced children have missed an
government employees have been cut or delayed. Agricultural entire year of education.
production has declined by 40 per cent, undermining the

INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IN THOUSANDS)

3.17 3.18 3.21 3.20 3.19 3.23 3.31 3.34 3.42 3.33 3.31 3.32 3.37 3.34 3.32 3.23
3.04 3.10 3.09 3.03
2.83
2.68
2.54
2.30
2.12
Internally displaced people 1.71 1.75 1.90 2.00
(millions)
1.37
Returnees 1.07 1.23
(millions) 0.86 0.80 0.85 0.91 1.00
0.66 0.73 0.75
0.44 0.48 0.40 0.42 0.45 0.47 0.50 0.55 0.55 07
0.35 0.30 0.36
0.09 0.14 0.12 0.17 0.22

2014 2015 2016

SEPTEMBER 2015 MARCH 2016 JUNE 2016 SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER
Cholera outbreak Battles to Over 85,000 2016 2016
begins, affecting central retake Heet and people are rapidly Military Returns increase
and southern Iraq. surrounding areas displaced from operations along dramatically,
By December, and along the Fallujah as the city the Anbar and especially to
17 governorates are Mosul corridor is retaken by Iraqi Mosul corridors Anbar, reaching
affected, over 2,800 begin, displacing security forces. displace more more than
cases are laboratory over 50,000 people than 500,000 by 100,000 per
confirmed and two by end of May. end-September. month. A total
deaths are registered. of 1.2 million
people have
returned home
across Iraq by
November.
JUNE 2015 DECEMBER 2015 OCTOBER 2016
Revised HRP launched. Military operations to retake Ramadi The fight for Mosul begins on
US$498 million requested intensify, opening a new phase in the 17 October, leading to severe protection
for July – December 2015. Iraq crisis. Around 30,000 people are threats for over one million civilians.
displaced in December and January Around 90,000 people are displaced in
2016 as a result. the first two months of the battle.