Iraq — West Anbar Crisis Displacement Overview (9 January 2018)

DTM has been monitoring displacement movements from West Anbar governorate, particularly the districts of Ana, Al Ka’im and Ru’a, since January 2017. ISF operations to retake ISIL's last strongholds in West Anbar intensified in September and finished in November. As most IDPs transit through Kilo 18 and Hamman al-Aleel screening sites, DTM has activated a flow monitoring system for these two sites, in addition to the core DTM methodology of identifying IDPs at their location of displacement and return. 64,008 IDPs displaced from West Anbar since January 2017 and identified at their location of displacement, of these: 41,856 IDPs currently registered in camps; 22,152 IDPs identified in out-of-camp locations, including: 21,366 IDPs in private settings and 786 IDPs in critical shelter. To date, there are 6,924 returnees from this crisis.