Iraq crisis
When bitter fighting broke out near his home, Ali spent seven days in hiding with his family.
Thankfully, he escaped with his life and fled to the Khazer camp for displaced people. But life there is tough and there’s no telling how long his family will stay.
Photo: ©UNHCR/Ivor Prickett
There are currently more than 280,000 internally displaced people in Iraq. Please give these families the support they need to survive.
Emergency shelter
to protect families from the elements.
Essential supplies
like mattresses, blankets and kitchenware.
Help to rebuild
so families can return to their damaged homes.
What’s happening in Iraq?
After decades of conflict and violence, millions of Iraqis have been forced to abandon their homes. Terrified, many fled with just the clothes on their backs.
UNHCR is on the ground in Iraq and surrounding regions – providing emergency aid to those in urgent need, or helping families return home and slowly rebuild their lives.
Where are Iraqi families fleeing to?
In Iraq, about 180,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) live in 26 camps and over 103,000 IDPs live in informal sites scattered throughout the country. From the initial displacement of 3 million people from 2014 onwards, there have been mass returns to areas of origin. However, there is still a dire need to support those still displaced with humanitarian assistance.
How is UNHCR supporting displaced Iraqis?
Together with UN agencies and the Iraqi government, we’ve helped set up several camps for fleeing families. The eleven camps outside Mosul provide internally displaced people with shelter, protection and other life-saving support.
What about those who can’t access the camps?
We also provide tents and emergency supplies to those sheltering elsewhere in the surrounding region.
How is UNHCR helping families rebuild their lives?
Wherever possible, we’re helping families to go home to their communities when they can return and it is safe to do so. We help them repair their homes and rebuild their lives. This means supplying tools and building materials, as well as labour and physical support.
Where can I access latest data, maps and reports?
Iraq Operations – UNHCR’s relief work to protect displaced people inside Iraq.
Iraq Situation Portal – for latest updates on the crisis overall, including UNHCR situation reports, funding requirements and UNHCR’s support for countries hosting refugees from Iraq.
Did you know that over 90% of the 300,000 Syrian, Iranian & Turkish refugees in Iraq live in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq?
Much of Hassan’s neighbourhood in Mosul is now in ruins – including his family’s home.
For months, Hassan and his children have had to camp out in Hassan’s brother’s house, but it’s cramped and uncomfortable for all of them.
With the help of UNHCR, Hassan is now starting to rebuild his home – and slowly put the pieces of the family’s life back together.
Photo: ©UNHCR/ Andrew McConnell
Much of Hassan’s neighbourhood in Mosul is now in ruins – including his family’s home.
For months, Hassan and his children have had to camp out in Hassan’s brother’s house, but it’s has been cramped and uncomfortable for all of them.
With the help of UNHCR, Hassan is now starting to rebuild his home – and slowly put the pieces of the family’s life back together.
Photo: ©UNHCR/ Andrew McConnell