Iraq
IDPs tracked
Displacement Movements
Data collection round
About Iraq
Reinforced in January 2014 in response to the need for information on displacement linked to the worsening armed conflict, the DTM programme in Iraq collects key information on internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees through different components and methodologies across the entire country.
Through IOM's Rapid Assessment and Response Teams (RARTs) -composed of 140 field staff- present throughout the Iraqi territory, the DTM collects data on numbers and locations of IDPs and returnees using an extended network of over 4,000 key informants. In addition to information collected from key informants, identified locations hosting IDPs are then visited and directly assessed by the RARTs to collect more detailed and in-depth information on the displaced population.
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From the beginning of January through 25 November, 2014 the DTM verified 2,004,066 internally displaced individuals dispersed across 2,003 distinct locations in Iraq.
From the beginning of January through 9 November, 2014 DTM identified 328,086 families, corresponding to an estimated 1,968,516 internally displaced individuals, dispersed across 2,003 distinct locations across Iraq.
From the beginning of January through to 26 October, 2014 the DTM identified 1,898,844 internally displaced individuals dispersed across 1,928 distinct locations in Iraq.
Hostilities expanded geographically, but the most directly affected areas continued to be the primary governorates of origin of the displaced populations: Ninewa with 145,671 families (50%), and Anbar with 83,154 families (28%).
For the time period January to September 2014 DTM identified 1,725,432 internally displaced individuals dispersed across 1,715 distinct locations in Iraq.
176,150 families were displaced since January 2014 and 1,381 locations throughout Iraq are hosting IDP families. Over 50,000 IDP families are located in Anbar governorate and 28% of IDPs are located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR).
During the month of May 79,810 families were displaced due to the crisis in Anbar. 751 families underwent secondary displacements and 34,000 children were at risk, including those subject to labor and those without access to education. 52% of IDPs in sites assessed were under the age of 25.
From January to April 2014 DTM identified 74,010 families comprised of 444,060 individuals, affected by the Anbar crisis. During this 4 month period 814 sites hosting IDPs were also identified and 400, 000 people reportedly fled the country.
DTM Iraq collects data at border crossing points with neighboring countries – the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) and Turkey – to better understand migration movements in the Middle East.
DTM Iraq collects data at border crossing points with neighboring countries – the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) and Turkey – to better understand migration movements in the Middle East.
