Returning Iraqis face dire conditions following camp closures
With 250,000 Iraqis still living in camps after fleeing ISIS, sudden closure of 14 sites in late 2020 forced many to return to destroyed homes and villages lacking basic services. By Firas Al Khateeb in Nineveh governorate, Iraq When 68-year-old famer Dahi finally...
UNHCR ramps up support to Iraqi returnees amid large-scale closure of IDP camps
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is boosting support to internally displaced Iraqis...
#IAmAnAdvocate: Former Iraqi refugees and brothers create art to raise funds in support of displaced people worldwide
After fleeing persecution in Iraq because of their Yazidi religion, Ismail, Salam and Jason Noah are creating art to help refugees and other displaced persons through donating to UNHCR. Now based in France, the sibling trio use their art as a powerful outlet through...