Nour’s family fled Iraq in 1994 thinking they were leaving their home country for good. 23 years later, they were back in Iraq and changing the lives of other refugee and displaced women through a sewing business in Erbil.
Returns Continue While Obstacles to Return Remain in Iraq
The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) across Iraq has decreased to 2 million. Full story
Creating a sweet future: How a group of refugee women are generating jobs in Iraq
IOM releases Round III of the Integrated Location Assessment: This assessment provides an in-depth look into both displacement and return movements in Iraq, including the demographics of the displaced and returnee populations, their current conditions, movement intentions, vulnerabilities, sectorial needs and the state of social cohesion in the locations they currently live in. Read more
Latest data on displacement and returns in Iraq (June 30, 2018)
IOM Iraq Highlights
IOM's Psychosocial Support and Social Cohesion Program organizes interactive theatre in Karbala. Read more
IOM distributed hundreds of summer kits to IDPs and returnees in Anbar. Read more
IOM is addressing needs of most vulnerable displaced families in Sinjar through the distribution of household items. Read more
“I left Iraq because I wanted to go to university in Europe, to have freedom, and have a good and normal lifestyle that was different from the one I had in my country. I was only 21 years old when I left. I crossed many countries before reaching Sweden... Read more
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