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احوالهم تغيرا ايجابيا">المهجرون العائدون الى البلاد يأملون في ان تشهد احوالهم تغيرا ايجابيا</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/returnees/" rel="tag">returnees</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>يبدو هؤلاء سعيدين بالعودة الى ارض الوطن بعد سنين من الهجرة. توزعت بين الهرب من النظام السابق وسياساته. والهرب من الاحداث التي انتجها التغيير في العراق. وبالطبع فان العائدين يعربون عن املهم بان تشهد احوالهم تغيرا ايجابيا بمجرد دخولهم الى الحدود العراقية. <br/>أم نزار / مهجرة: إحنا هاي عشرين سنة بالغربة كاعدين، الحمد لله هسه رجعنا لبلدنا <br/>إيمان جميل / مهجرة: تهجرنا وتبهذلنا وبعد حالنا ومالنا كله اخذوه من عدنا والأوضاع طبعا عشنا بأوضاع كلش تعبانة <br/>لكن قناني الماء هذه لاتكفي لوحدها لتلبية احتياجات العائدين. فالكثير من الاسر المهجرة لاتزال تعيش حتى الان في مخيمات يقول مختصون انها غير مؤهلة للعيش فيها لفترة طويلة منتقدين وزارة الهجرة التي يقولون انها لا تقوم بدورها بصورة فعالة. <br/>عقيل الدبعون / ناشط في حقوق الإنسان: أكثر العوائل لا زالت الآن تسكن في معسكرات خارج العراق والمعسكر من اسمه دليل على عدم وجود أمور مهيأة الهم ، وزارة الهجرة والمهجرين اعتقد إنها وزارة فقط بالاسم لا يوجد لها دور حقيقي في مساعدة هذه العوائل وإزالة معاناتهم <br/>جميل القريشي / ناشط في حقوق الإنسان: موقف وزارة الهجرة والمهجرين موقف ضعيف جدا يجب ان تؤلف لجان وتزور هذه البلدان والوقوف على مشاكلهم لان العراق بحاجة الى أي عراقي يقوم بخدمته <br/>لكن وزارة الهجرة تؤكد انها تقوم بكل ما بوسعها لتسهيل إعادة العراقيين من الخارج ومنحهم مبالغ مالية تمكنهم من الاندماج مع المجتمع. <br/>احمد العلاق / مدير الهجرة الخارجية في وزارة الهجرة: نحن في وزارة الهجرة والمهجرين مستعدين لتلبية أي نداء من العوائل العراقية في دول الخارج سواء كان في الدول المجاورة والدول العربية أو الدول الأخرى <br/>باسم محمد / مدير الهجرة في واسط: سيكون هناك استقبال لغرض منح هذه العوائل مبلغ 500 الف دينار لغرض تسهيل عملية نقلهم الى مناطق تواجدهم في العراق بالإضافة الى انه ستكون هناك وفي غضون عشرة أيام سيتم تسليم مبلغ أربعة ملايين دينار ، مبلغ عودة لهذه العوائل لتسهيل عملية اندماجهم في العراق <br/>هذه المبالغ والتصريحات لا تعدو كونها تفاؤلا مبالغا فيه بالنسبة لمراقبين. الذين يقولون ان وزارة الهجرة لم تزعج نفسها حتى بوضع احصائية دقيقة للمهجرين والمهاجرين داخل البلاد وخارجها. بينما بدء شروع بعض الدول بإبلاغ العراقيين بضرورة الخروج من أراضيها يفاقم الازمة ويضع الوزارة امام استحقاقات كبيرة قد لا تكون قادرة عليه. </p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12875"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2011/03/28/funding-shortfall-hits-plans-for-idps-returnees/#respond" title="Comment on Funding shortfall hits plans for IDPs, returnees">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 28th, 2011 by Khaled</div> <h3><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/unhcr/" rel="tag">UNHCR</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/who/" rel="tag">WHO</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>BAGHDAD, 28 February 2011 (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92060" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN</a>) – Iraqi government plans for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees may not be fully implemented this year because of a funding shortfall, says Deputy Minister for Displacement and Migration Azhar Al-Mousawi. </p> <p> <a title="IDPs_in_northern_Baghdad_receive_aid_from_Red_Crescent_Society_volunteers_file_photo_caption by Gorillas Guides, on Flickr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorillasguides/5568216047/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 3px 10px 5px 0px" height="262" alt="IDPs_in_northern_Baghdad_receive_aid_from_Red_Crescent_Society_volunteers_file_photo_caption" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333im_/http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/5568216047_d9befe0a3e_o.jpg" width="350" align="left"/></a> <p>“We have set [up] a lot of big projects this year, but the ministry – according to the allocated budget – may not be able to implement its commitments,” he told IRIN on 26 February. </p> <p>In January, the government announced plans to tackle internal displacement, and monitor and assist Iraqi refugees abroad. It sought to encourage IDPs to go back to their areas of origin, stay in the areas they have ended up in, or help them move to a new area. </p> <p>The government also established “Return Assistance Centres” in Baghdad, and offered a financial assistance package of US$850 and a six-month rental compensation package for registered IDPs. </p> <p>“We have plans to tackle internal displacement, help the returnees and encourage expatriates [mainly doctors and teachers who fled the violence] to return," Mousawi said. "All these plans need money [but] what we have is not enough." </p> <p>According to the UN Secretary-General’s representative on the rights of IDPs, Walter Kalin, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SNAA-8EBLQH?OpenDocument&rc=3&cc=irq" class="external" target="_blank">scale and history of forced displacement</a> in Iraq  has created a complex situation that needs a “comprehensive strategy” to address the immediate humanitarian needs and human rights of displacement-affected communities, and find durable solutions. </p> <p>“Iraq has suffered many waves of internal displacement throughout its recent past as a result of conflict, sectarian violence, and forced population movements associated with policies of the former regime – with an estimated 1.55 million persons remaining in displacement since 2006,” Kalin said in a 16 February report. </p> <p>“This situation is compounded by a marked deterioration of basic infrastructures and services across the country, lack of livelihoods and economic opportunities, continuing insecurity and sectarian divisions, as well as serious deficits in relation to governance, rule of law and the capacity of government structures." </p> <p>According to the Washington-based <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://csis.org/" class="external" target="_blank">Centre for Strategic and International Studies</a>, Iraqi IDPs and refugees are unwilling to return to their places of origin because of continued real or perceived threats of violence: Their homes were either destroyed or occupied by others; and they lacked employment opportunities and access to essential services. </p> <h3>Seeking partners</h3> <p>Mousawi said his ministry, which is mandated to implement government plans for IDPs and returnees, was only allocated the equivalent of US$250 million this year, but needs $416-500 million to fully implement its plans. Iraq’s parliament approved an $82.6 billion budget on 20 February. </p> <p>The ministry, he added, would review its plans and seek partners mainly in the UN. “Our priority is to help displaced people and returnees to meet their needs,” he said. “But returnees will need more to be spent on them than those still displaced because they need health, education and other services." </p> <p>Funding shortfalls have also affected the work of international organizations. In its 2011 Global Appeal, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said its budget for this year in Iraq was about $210.6 million, lamenting a 20-40 percent funding shortfall. </p> <p>“Some returnees and IDPs remain in dire circumstances that require urgent humanitarian interventions,” it said in an appeal earlier this year. </p> <p>(For latest statistics on returnees and IDPs by governorate, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.iauiraq.org/documents/1300/Return%20Update%20IRAQ%20JAN%202011.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">see</a>) </p> <p>According to Kalin, over 75 percent of IDPs live in rented accommodation or with host families, while over 20 percent live in irregular settlements, former military camps, tents and public buildings. </p> <p>There are an estimated 1.5 million IDPs across the country, according to Refugees International and the Brookings Institution. Many of these fled their homes after sectarian violence broke out following the 2003 war that toppled Saddam Hussein. </p> <p>(For a recent IOM review of displacement and return in Iraq since 2006, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.iauiraq.org/documents/1308/librar.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">see</a>) </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92060" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN Middle East | IRAQ: Funding shortfall hits plans for IDPs, returnees | Iraq | Economy | Refugees/IDPs</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-12031"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/12/28/iraqi-refugees-interpreting-the-statistics/#respond" title="Comment on Iraqi refugees – interpreting the statistics">No Comments</a></span> Posted on December 28th, 2010 by Abdus-Samad</div> 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However, the precise number of refugees is hard to ascertain and fluctuates in line with changing perceptions and the security situation in Iraq. </p> <p>"It would be nice to have the full picture, but the special circumstances of the Iraqi refugee population means we don’t… although we have a good idea of the refugees registered with us," said Andrew Harper, head of the UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) Iraq Support Unit in Geneva. </p> <p>Host governments (largely in the Middle East) at one time estimated that more than 2.5 million Iraqis had fled to their countries. But that statistic is now too high, say independent experts not affiliated with UNHCR. Distinguishing between refugees and other migrants, and deducting the number of those who have returned to Iraq for good can be difficult. </p> <p>UNHCR has registered just over 400,000 Iraqis since 2003 but currently they have 200,000 on their books. More refugees register every day – some 2,000 per month in Syria. However, the agency says those figures are not definitive. </p> <p>"Many refugees choose not to register with us, either because there is a stigma attached in asking for assistance or they see no reason to register unless they need our services," said Harper. </p> <p>Currently, host governments claim some 1.5 million Iraqis remain on their territories, while Refugees International, a US-based NGO, said it believed only 500,000 Iraqis remained outside the country. </p> <h3>Reasons for discrepancies </h3> <p>The Iraqi refugees are hard to track because they reside almost exclusively in an urban rather than a camp setting, predominantly in Syria and Jordan. In July last year, a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.unhcr.org/4a69ad639.pdf#zoom=66" class="external" target="_blank">UNHCR report detailed the challenges</a>. </p> <p>Population mobility is another factor, according to Harper. Many families are split or commute between Syria and Iraq to see relatives, work, or are checking the situation on the ground. </p> <p>In such a situation, they are harder to count, or may have their files deactivated by UNHCR if they are absent for long periods. UNHCR says mobility is positive as it allows refugees to stay in touch with their country and prepare for an eventual return. </p> <h3>Bald statistics can be misleading </h3> <p>Bald statistics, without a breakdown, can be misleading due to the high rates of movement. Over the past few months, a fairly consistent number of refugees have been registered in Syria – currently some 139,586 – but this figure masks the fact that each month some refugees leave and others register. Some 32,200 files were deactivated in the first 10 months of 2010, 5,408 people were resettled elsewhere, 176 returned to Iraq under the UNHCR voluntary repatriation scheme, and some 18,719 registered in the same time period, UNHCR says. </p> <p>Statistical methods are also variable. "Many Iraqi refugees fled before the war," said Elizabeth Ferris, a senior fellow and Iraq expert at the Brookings Institution. "There is no agreement as to which time period to count people in." </p> <h3>Challenges </h3> <p>Uncertainty over figures has posed challenges for aid agencies, but UNHCR says it bases its planning for staff and budget on the number of refugees it has registered. </p> <p>Predicting trends can also be difficult, say experts. UNHCR has resettled more than 50,000 refugees, mostly in the USA, and assisted more than 2,000 to return to Iraq. But an unknown number is likely to have returned independently. </p> <p>Within Iraq, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) registers returned refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). It says some 130,000 refugees have returned since 2007. </p> <p>"Agencies have got used to working with imprecise figures," said Ferris, "but it is not good practice to develop programmes on this basis." </p> <p>UNHCR contests this argument. "We have precise information regarding the registered refugees and base our programmes on their needs. This information is regularly updated," said Wafa Amr, UNHCR’s regional spokesperson. </p> <p>Agencies have come up with novel techniques to meet the challenges. UNHCR has more than 150 outreach workers in Syria alone who visit neighbourhoods to identify refugees. Publications are used to raise awareness of the plight of the refugees. To maintain the dignity of refugees and overcome challenges posed by refugees living in an urban setting, UNHCR has made cash payments available via an ATM. UNHCR uses SMS text messages to alert refugees, and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) recently rolled out an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=90560" class="external" target="_blank">SMS food voucher scheme</a>. </p> <h3>IDPs </h3> <p>Despite the uncertainty, no new assessment of the Iraqi refugees is due. "There is a fear the numbers would come in lower and this would have an impact on governments such as Syria and Jordan as it may affect the amount of financing channelled to them," said Ferris. </p> <p>More is known about IDPs, as the Iraqi authorities are better able to track them. UNHCR, Refugees International and Brookings agree on a figure of 1.5 million, 500,000 of whom live in slums. Of the returnees registered with the IOM, 86 percent are IDPs but overall numbers of returnees are said to be low. </p> <p>"Our main concern is that a very substantial number of Iraqis needing assistance are going to remain in 2011 and probably longer," said Amr. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=91464" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN Middle East | MIDDLE EAST: Iraqi refugees – interpreting the statistics | Iraq | Syria | Conflict | Refugees/IDPs</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11636"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/10/19/voting-with-their-feet/#respond" title="Comment on Voting With Their Feet">No Comments</a></span> Posted on October 19th, 2010 by Um Thalit</div> <h3><a 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It should not be surprising that the other type of armies associated with warfare the armies of refugees refuse to travel to back to a place where there is no chronic food insecurity, chronic unemployment, housing shortages, and very shaky security.  </p> <p>A large part of the reason for this marked reluctance to return by refugees is highlighted in the report <strong>"Food deprivation in Iraq" </strong>published yesterday by the government as a condition for getting aid from the UN. Even the executive summary I have posted here paints a picture of a country a significant portion of whose population do not have a reliable source of food. If you take trouble to read the full government report <strong>"</strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&shortid=SNAA-8AC8E9&file=Full_Report.pdf" target="_blank" class="external"><strong>Food deprivation in Iraq" [PDF]</strong></a> the picture becomes even clearer.</p> <p>Today <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.reuters.com/" class="external" target="_blank">Reuters</a> published a report "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69I2GU20101019" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi refugees regret going home, UNHCR survey finds</a>" I’ve posted it underneath the food deprivation report. The first three paragraphs are grim but unsurprising reading:</p> <blockquote><p>A majority of Iraqi refugees who have returned from exile to Baghdad regret their decision, saying they face insecurity, a lack of jobs and inadequate health care, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. </p> <p>Some 61 percent of those interviewed were sorry they had left Syria and Jordan, while one in three was unsure of staying in Iraq, according to its recently-completed survey of 2,353 Iraqis who returned to the capital between 2007 and 2008. </p> <p>"UNHCR staff were informed by returnees of numerous instances of explosions, harassment, military operations and kidnapping occurring in their areas of return," Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a news briefing. </p> </blockquote> <p>No jobs, no food, and no safety. No wonder they stay away or regret coming back bad as the situation is for refugees the situation here is worse.</p> <p>Um Thalit</p> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> </p></div> <blockquote><h3>Food deprivation in Iraq EXECUTIVE SUMMARY </h3> <p>Seven out of every 100 Iraqi individuals are undernourished. This is equivalent to an estimated 2.1 million Iraqis. In light of the history of conflict in Iraq and the current state of instability, this prevalence is rather low especially when compared to the overall prevalence of food deprivation within the Near East and North Africa region (7 percent in Iraq compared to 8 percent in the region). </p> <p>The national prevalence, however, is not equally distributed at the sub national level as disparities exist between the Iraqi governorates. Although food insecure households exist in nearly all governorates of Iraq, they are found to be concentrated in Diyala, Babylon Basrah, Salah al Deen, Kerbala and Muthanna governorates where the prevalence of food deprivation ranges from 51 to 17 percent. The highest level of food deprivation is observed in Diyala governorate, where around one half of people were food deprived. The high prevalence of food deprivation in Diyala is attributed to disruptions in food distributions through the Public Distribution System caused by the incidence of violence and military campaigns during the data collection period. </p> <p>The Public Distribution System (PDS) was established in 1991 to guarantee a provision of a minimum consumption needs to the Iraqi population through distribution of rations comprising of wheat flour, rice, sugar, vegetable oil, pulses, adult milk, infant formula and tea as well as other non food items at a highly subsidized price. The average daily dietary energy consumption in Iraq is 2580 kilocalorie per person, over half of which is acquired through the PDS. </p> <p>At the level of household characteristics, food deprivation is concentrated within population groups characterized by low income, large households, whose head is over 50 years of age and is illiterate, involved in agricultural activities or unemployed. </p> <p>Expenditures on food represents slightly more than one third (35 percent) of total household expenditures, of which, 80 percent is dedicated to commercial food purchases and the remaining twenty percent represents the value of the nominal payment required to receive the PDS food rations, the value of food produced and consumed by households and food purchased and consumed away from the home. </p> <p>Despite having a share of 80 percent of all food expenditures, food purchased from the commercial markets provides only 44 percent of the kilocalorie consumption at the national level. Accordingly, the contribution of dietary energy from the PDS plays a critical role from the food security perspective while the contribution of purchased food plays an important role from the expenditure structure perspective and dietary energy acquired from food from own production is negligible. The high reliance of Iraqis within the lower income strata on food rations renders them vulnerable to any irregularities in the distribution system and market fluctuations. </p> <p>The market price of 1000 kilocalories in Iraq is valued at 610 Iraqi Dinars on average. Accordingly, daily per capita expenditure on food is valued at 1590 Iraqi Dinars. When accounting for actual expenditures, subsidized prices of food provided through the PDS renders the cost of 1000 kilocalories to be 520 Iraqi Dinars on average, bringing daily per capita out of pocket expenditure on food down to 1360 Iraqi Dinars. </p> <p>In general, the Iraqi diet is balanced from the perspective of macro nutrient consumption as the distribution of energy acquired from fat, carbohydrates and proteins is 26, 62 and 12 percent respectively. However, consumption of fat is nearer to the higher bounds and protein nearer the lower bounds of the FAO/WHO/UNU recommendations. Average daily cereal consumption of around 400 grams per person provides 53 percent of total dietary energy consumed, followed by oils and fats (12 percent) and sugar (11 percent). </p> <p>Animal protein (meat, dairy products, eggs and fish) contributes 10 percent to the total dietary energy consumption. Food consumption is not equally distributed amongst all Iraqi households, as households of higher income group consume on average twice the quantity of dietary energy than that consumed by households in the lowest income group. Inequality in total expenditures is higher than food consumption inequality as total expenditures in the lowest income group is seven times less than that of the highest income group. </p> </blockquote> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SNAA-8AC8E9?OpenDocument" class="external" target="_blank">ReliefWeb » Document » Food deprivation in Iraq</a></p> <p>Download  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&shortid=SNAA-8AC8E9&file=Full_Report.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">Full_Report</a> (pdf* format – 1.5 Mbytes)</p> <p> </p> <p>Iraqi refugees regret going home, UNHCR survey finds | Reuters</p> <blockquote><p>GENEVA (Reuters) – A majority of Iraqi refugees who have returned from exile to Baghdad regret their decision, saying they face insecurity, a lack of jobs and inadequate health care, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. </p> <p>Some 61 percent of those interviewed were sorry they had left Syria and Jordan, while one in three was unsure of staying in Iraq, according to its recently-completed survey of 2,353 Iraqis who returned to the capital between 2007 and 2008. </p> <p>"UNHCR staff were informed by returnees of numerous instances of explosions, harassment, military operations and kidnapping occurring in their areas of return," Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a news briefing. </p> <p>Although many returnees said they had left their host countries because they could no longer afford the cost of living there, some 87 percent said their income in Iraq was insufficient to cover their families’ needs. </p> <p>"One of the principal challenges we found for Iraqi returnees is finding regular employment, making them reliant on irregular jobs, which are often not available," Fleming said. </p> <p>Separate polls of a total of 3,500 Iraqi refugees living in Syria and Jordan, released on October 8, found most still reluctant to return home on a permanent basis, according to the UNHCR. </p> <p>Refugees cited political uncertainty and insecurity in Iraq, as well as poor educational opportunities and housing shortages. Syria and Jordan host some 180,000 registered Iraqi refugees. </p> <h3>FORCED DEPORTATIONS </h3> <p>While violence has plunged from the height of sectarian bloodshed in 2006-2007, explosions and attacks happen daily. Bombs destroyed the home of a senior Iraqi police commander on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people in the northern city of Tikrit, hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein, police said. </p> <p>The UNHCR does not promote returns to Iraq, due to insecurity, and its guidelines to all governments strongly recommend that Iraqis should not be sent home to five central provinces, including Baghdad, seen as too dangerous. </p> <p>However, it helps refugees who voluntarily want to go home, providing them with transport costs and a small cash grant. </p> <p>Fewer than 3,000 have taken up the offer since 2007, though many have returned without its support, according to the agency. </p> <p>"Iraqi refugees are the best judges of when to go back. Basically they are voting with their feet," said UNHCR spokeswoman Sybella Wilkes. </p> <p>The UNHCR also said that it remained concerned by forced deportations of failed Iraqi asylum seekers from five countries in Europe (Britain, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden). </p> <p>It knew of seven chartered flights, coordinated by the European Union border agency FRONTEX, believed to have flown several hundred Iraqis back to their homeland since June. </p> <p>"We would very much like to have a fuller picture of who is being returned and where," Wilkes said. "We hear from various countries that they plan to continue returns but we don’t know when."</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69I2GU20101019" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi refugees regret going home, UNHCR survey finds</a> | By Stephanie Nebehay | Reuters</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-11525"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/09/30/irin-global-refugees-unhcr-concerned-over-iraqi-deportations-global-iraq-refugeesidps/#respond" title="Comment on UNHCR concerned over Iraqi deportations">No Comments</a></span> Posted on September 30th, 2010 by Suheila Jamil</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/09/30/irin-global-refugees-unhcr-concerned-over-iraqi-deportations-global-iraq-refugeesidps/" rel="bookmark" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sweden/" rel="tag">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/switzerland/" rel="tag">Switzerland</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/unhcr/" rel="tag">UNHCR</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>LONDON, 29 September 2010 (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=90616" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN</a>) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed concern about the growing number of deportations of Iraqi asylum-seekers from Western Europe in the last two months. <p>Special charter flights to take failed asylum-seekers home have increased in frequency, and Iraqis are being returned to parts of the country which are still unsafe, in contravention of UNHCR guidelines for the handling of Iraqi asylum applications, it says. </p> <p>The deportations are handled by Frontex, a Warsaw-based agency set up to coordinate operations between European Union (EU) member states in the field of border security, and their planes can carry returnees from several different countries. The most recent (on 22 September) had failed asylum applicants from Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and the UK. </p> <p>One of the UNHCR’s complaints is that the information provided by those countries is usually sketchy, varies from country to country and is given only very late in the process. In the case of last week’s flight, Sweden told the UNHCR the names and dates of birth of those being sent home, but not their destinations. The UK provided details of where its rejected claimants were going but not their identities. </p> <p>No country told the UNHCR how many of the passengers being put on board the plane were going home voluntarily, and how many were being deported against their will, but reports from Baghdad say police had to be called to escort some of them off the plane. </p> <p>A spokesperson for the UNHCR, Sybella Wilkes, called for states sending home asylum-seekers to be more transparent. “We are aware when a flight is leaving,” she told IRIN, “but we don’t know until the last minute who is on board or which countries they are coming from.” </p> <p>The organization does not oppose people being sent back to Iraq in every case. “It’s possible that some people on the plane were going back voluntarily,” Wilkes said. “It’s possible that some were going to areas where we don’t have issues about security. But we don’t know. Having full information would be in everybody’s best interests.” </p> <p>What they do know is that among the passengers leaving Sweden were two women and four children. The British government said all those it was sending last week were single adult males, but their destinations included Baghdad, Ninawa, Kirkuk and Salah ad-Din – all areas the UNHCR considers unsafe. </p> <p><strong>Five governorates unsafe</strong> </p> <p>“We are very clear in our guidelines,” said Sybella Wilkes. “Baghdad, Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninawa and Salah ad-Din are still not safe, in view of serious human rights violations and continuing security incidents in those areas. We specifically ask governments not to return people to those five governorates, and we are disappointed they are ignoring our guidelines.” </p> <p>The general secretary of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees, Dashty Jamal, blamed the rise in forced removals on the electoral success of right wing parties in a number of European countries. He told IRIN: “Most of the EU countries’ right-wing parties have united together to change their immigration policy, and deport back all Iraqis who apply for asylum in their country.” </p> <p>He said that as well as the charter flights run by Frontex, individual refugees are being sent back almost every night on scheduled flights to Jordan. “I believe that no part of Iraq is safe, even Kurdistan. It is like the UN saying that Berne in Switzerland is safe but Zurich is not safe. This is not the time to send people back. They are playing with the lives of innocent people.” </p> <p>Contacted by IRIN, the UK’s border agency denied there had been any overall policy recently to deport more Iraqi asylum-seekers. Detailed figures of deportations over the past two months are not yet available, but a spokesperson insisted that every case is looked at individually and considered on its merits. “We only ever return those whom the Border Agency and the courts are satisfied are not in need of our protection, and who have failed to comply with a request to leave.” </p> <p>Are the Agency and the courts ignoring the UNHCR guidelines on safe and unsafe areas? “A whole range of factors are taken into account,” the spokesperson told IRIN. “And from the UK’s point of view we have to be satisfied that they don’t need our protection.” </p> <p>The UNHCR has been lobbying since June against the forced removals to Iraq, but says so far they have not seen any shift in position by Western European governments. Sybella Wilkes says she is disappointed. “I would like them to consider that they have a minority of Iraqi asylum-seekers in their countries. And this is not a very positive example when Iraq’s neighbours have much greater numbers, and have been much more generous and welcoming.” </p> <p>Dashty Jamal told IRIN on 28 September that a number of Iraqis in the UK had received tickets for a flight back to Iraq on 6 October, and that a demonstration was being planned that day outside the Iraqi embassy in London to protest at the way returnees are treated when they get to Baghdad.<br/> <table style="margin: 5px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid" bordercolor="#cccccc" height="410" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" width="693" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-weight: bold; background-color: silver; text-align: center" colspan="15"><font face="Arial">Refugee Returns September 2009 – August 2010 (Individuals)</font></td> </tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Governorate <p>of Return</p> <p> </font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Sep-09</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Oct-09</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Nov-09</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Dec-09</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Jan-10</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Feb-10</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Mar-10</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Apr-10</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">May-10</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Jun-10</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Jul-10</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font face="Arial">Aug-10</font></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom" colspan="2"><font face="Arial">Total September <p>2009 – August 2010</p> <p> </font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td><font face="Arial"><strong>Anbar</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Babylon</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">90</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">80</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">110</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">730</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">3%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Baghdad</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">830</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,700</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,130</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,080</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">860</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">780</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">720</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">780</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">780</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">870</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">570</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">890</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10,990</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Basrah</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">230</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">100</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">640</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Dahuk</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">90</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">160</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Qadissyah</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">80</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">70</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">440</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">410</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">480</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">440</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">510</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">330</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">270</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">100</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">3,190</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">12%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Diyala</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">130</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">230</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">220</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">160</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">170</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">120</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">70</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">100</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">80</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">70</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">100</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,510</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">6%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Erbil</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">90</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">300</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">320</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">80</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">110</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,080</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">4%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Kerbala</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">80</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">150</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">130</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">130</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">160</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">120</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">170</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">160</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">120</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">100</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">160</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,540</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">6%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Kirkuk</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">100</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">520</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Missan</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">110</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">530</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">430</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">140</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,380</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">5%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Muthanna</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">140</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">160</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">710</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">3%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Najaf</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">70</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">80</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">130</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">210</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">190</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">240</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">120</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">70</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">100</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">80</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">130</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,460</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">5%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Ninewa</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">130</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Salah al-Din</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">110</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">60</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">530</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Sulaymaniyah</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">110</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">0%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: gainsboro; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Thi-Qar</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">90</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">90</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">170</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">200</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">260</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">240</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">260</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">230</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">210</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">240</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">200</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">80</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,270</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">8%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial"><strong>Wassit</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">50</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">90</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">10</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">30</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">20</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">40</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">70</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">460</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2%</font></td> </tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right"> <td style="text-align: left"><font face="Arial">TOTAL</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,650</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">3,000</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,300</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,240</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,820</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,160</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,450</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,130</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,610</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">2,480</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,740</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">1,850</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">27,430</font></td> <td><font face="Arial">100%</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 9px" colspan="15"><font face="Arial"><em>Data source: MoDM, DDM, City Councils Baghdad, Diyala. All data has been collected inside Iraq. All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10</em>.</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Source: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=90616" class="external" target="_blank">IRIN Global | REFUGEES: UNHCR concerned over Iraqi deportations | Global | Iraq | Refugees/IDPs</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10614"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/19/19th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 19th May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 19th, 2010 by Saba Ali</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/19/19th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 19th May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">19th May-2010 Selected 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The UN via its World Food Programme hopes to kickstart the labour market as well as reduce food insecurity by running a cash-for-work programme. If the programme succeeds it will be expanded. As my colleague Diya al din reported on May 14th (<span dir="rtl" align="right"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%ae%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85%d9%8a-%d9%84%d9%807-%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%8a-%d9%84%d8%a7/">دراسة: الدخل اليومي لـ7 ملايين عراقي لا يتجاوز الدولارين | Gorilla’s Guides</a> </span>) more than seven million people have to try to live on the equivalent of US$2 per day so such programmes are desperately needed.</p> <p>The National has a long article on the new airport in Erbil. The context of all of this is that the Kurdish Regional Government hope to use any revenues from this project as a boost to their arguments for increased autonomy eventually perhaps leading to independence.</p> <p>Xinhua reports on the agreement to allow Kurdish oil exports to resume. </p> <p>If you read nothing else read The National’s report  <em>"<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199937/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">Chinese oil firms make friends abroad</a>" </em>on a day on which the USA has managed to get further sanctions on on Iran the paragraphs below are especially worth bearing in mind:</p> <blockquote><p>Until recently, China’s state-controlled oil companies have had limited success in gaining access to the region’s biggest oil and gas deposits, and to the rapidly expanding local markets for oil and gas.</p> <p>That is mainly because the national oil companies of major Gulf oil exporters were seeking access to technology only available from the West. The Chinese oil producers, however, were able to establish a beachhead in Iran, as the US-led sanctions against the country discouraged western investment.</p> </blockquote> <p>Finally I have included an article by Kirk W. Johnson on how as the US draws down it is stabbing its local collaborators in the back by leaving them to their own devices.</p> <blockquote><p>We know where this road leads. When British forces drew down from southern Iraq just two years ago, militias conducted a systematic manhunt for their former Iraqi employees.</p> </blockquote> <p>What Johnson, who is after all an American, fails to see is that it’s not only militias and <em>takfiri</em> groups who will be after these collaborators. There is universal loathing for them as traitrors who sided with a hated invader against their own country and their own people. When the Americans leave many of their collaborators’ survival prospects will be dismal indeed.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Saba Ali</p> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <p><strong>UN agency kicks off first cash-for-work initiative in Iraq</strong><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>19 May 2010 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a cash-for-work initiative to help poor Iraqis earn money to provide food for their families. </p> <p>“While there’s food in the shops, not everyone can afford it and nearly a million people still need food assistance and millions more depend on government aid,” WFP Country Director Edward Kallon said. </p> <p>“Cash-for-work projects are an innovative way to provide a much-needed influx of cash to poor communities who struggle to make ends meet and provide food for their families,” he added. “They are appropriate when food is readily available in the markets but out of their reach.” </p> <p>Participants in the programme will be paid the equivalent of $10 per day for a three-month period for carrying out tasks such as clearing and rehabilitation of sewage and irrigation canals, tree planting, rehabilitation of farmland and a sanitation campaign. </p> <p>While beneficiaries will initially be paid in cash on a weekly basis, WFP is exploring the possible use of electronic technology, such as smart cards, to facilitate payments and reduce security risks in future programmes. </p> <p>Some 1,400 households will be involved in the pilot project which will be carried out in the central Iraqi governorate of Diyala with the help of WFP’s partner organization, Mercy Corps. </p> <p>The cash-for-work project is part of the Diyala Initiative to provide assistance to facilitate the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and other vulnerable groups. </p> <p>That effort is being led by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the participation of several other UN and partner agencies.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34742&Cr=Iraq&Cr1=" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong> </p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Airlines may put Erbil on the map – The National Newspaper</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>ERBIL, IRAQ // The UAE Government hopes flydubai and Air Arabia will join Etihad Airways in flying to Iraqi Kurdistan this year as companies look to benefit from the region’s attempt to attract tourists. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>Built to handle 3 million passengers a year, the new terminal can handle wide-body Airbus A380s as well as other aircraft types and will offer the least expensive airline fuel in the world, he said. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199959/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq approves agreement to resume Kurdish oil exports</strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>BAGHDAD, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Iraqi government said it has approved an agreement that would allow the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in northern part of the country to resume oil exports, an Iraqi newspaper said on Wednesday. </p> <p>The agreement between Baghdad and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) stated that the Ministry of Finance in Baghdad will pay the foreign oil firms operating in Iraqi Kurdish region their expenses, the al-Mashriq newspaper quoted government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh as saying. </p> <p>Since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the Kurds have independently signed nearly two dozen deals with western oil companies. Baghdad maintains the deals are illegitimate because they bypass the central government. </p> <p>In June 2009, the KRG started oil exports of around 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) for the oil fields of Taq Taq and Tawke in northern Iraq, but were suspended a few months later when the central government refused to pay the foreign firms and said the Kurds should pay from their share of the national budget. </p> <p>The latest agreement will pave the way for the KRG to resume oil exports through the national pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, the paper said without setting a date for resuming the exports.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/19/c_13303988.htm" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: Xinhua</strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Iraq exports 53 million barrels of oil in April – People’s Daily Online</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>Iraqi Oil Ministry said Tuesday it has exported 53 million barrels of oil in April, bringing in revenues of 4.222 billion U.S. dollars with an average price of 79. 66 dollars a barrel. </p> <p>A statement by the ministry obtained by Xinhua said that 42.7 million barrels were exported through the southern port of Basra, and 10.3 million barrels were exported via Turkey’s port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean Sea. </p> <p>In March, the ministry said the country exported 57.1 million barrels of oil, gaining revenues of 4.351 billion dollars.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/6989885.html" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p> <strong>Chinese oil firms make friends abroad – The National Newspaper</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) has acquired 35 per cent of the Syrian oil and gas unit of Royal Dutch Shell, which could help boost Chinese access to some of the world’s biggest oil reserves. </p> <p>The Syrian accord, which is worth an estimated US$1.5 billion (Dh5.51bn), in itself is unlikely to boost crude reserves significantly for either company. Instead, it may be aimed at strengthening ties between China’s biggest producer and international oil companies including Shell, as Beijing seeks to expand its presence throughout the Middle East. </p> <p>Yesterday’s deal would increase CNPC’s existing holdings in three oil and gas production licences covering 40 small fields. Last year, Syria Shell Petroleum Development pumped 23,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day from those fields. </p> <p>“This is not a lot of oil and gas for a company like CNPC, which is producing about 2.5 million barrels a day,” Gordon Kwan, the head of energy research at Mirae Asset Securities in Hong Kong, told Bloomberg yesterday. </p> <p>“The agreement strengthens the partnership between Shell and CNPC,” the Chinese company said. </p> <p>Until recently, China’s state-controlled oil companies have had limited success in gaining access to the region’s biggest oil and gas deposits, and to the rapidly expanding local markets for oil and gas. </p> <p>That is mainly because the national oil companies of major Gulf oil exporters were seeking access to technology only available from the West. The Chinese oil producers, however, were able to establish a beachhead in Iran, as the US-led sanctions against the country discouraged western investment. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/BUSINESS/705199937/1005/rss" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> <p><strong></strong></p> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> <p> <strong>Foreign Policy: Leaving Iraqi Employees Behind : NPR</strong><strong>: </strong><br/> <blockquote> <p>There are no serious contingency plans to evacuate the thousands of Iraqis who’ve worked for the United States and live alongside U.S. troops and civilian officials as interpreters, engineers, and advisors. When the U.S. military shutters its bases, these Iraqis will be cut loose to run the resettlement gauntlet, which typically takes a year or more. </p> <p>I recently came across a frightening document that outlines another group’s designs for the coming U.S. withdrawal. Published in Fallujah by the Islamic State of Iraq, the umbrella organization composed of numerous insurgent and terrorist groups (including al Qaeda in Iraq), the manual sets forth their "balanced military plan" in chilling simplicity: "1) nine bullets for the traitors and one for the crusader, 2) cleansing, and 3) targeting." They are practical: "This cannot be accomplished within one or two months, but requires continuous effort." Those who believe the group’s threats have been rendered hollow by the surge might reflect upon the scores of victims from its triple-suicide car bombing that targeted foreign embassies just weeks ago. This past Friday, upon a string of attacks that killed another hundred Iraqis, the group’s "minister of war" declared: "What is happening to you nowadays is just a drizzle." </p> <p>We know where this road leads. When British forces drew down from southern Iraq just two years ago, militias conducted a systematic manhunt for their former Iraqi employees. Seventeen interpreters were publicly executed in a single massacre; their bodies were dumped throughout the streets of Basra. This predictable churn of violence against those who "collaborated" with an occupying power has been repeated through history, from the tens of thousands of Algerian harkis who were slaughtered after the 1962 French withdrawal to the British loyalists hunted by American militias after the Revolutionary War. </p> <p><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126971991&ft=1&f=1057" class="external" target="_blank">read in full</a></strong><strong>: </strong></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-10551"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ad%d8%af-16-%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%88-2010/#respond" title="Comment on الأحد, 16 مايو 2010">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 16th, 2010 by Hussein Kareem</div> <h3><a 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color="#800000"><strong></strong></font></p> <p><strong>العراق البلد الاول في عدد المهجرين مقارنة ببلدان الشرق الاوسط</strong> </p> <p>قال ممثل المفوضية السامية للامم المتحدة لشؤون اللاجئين في بغداد دانييل اندرس الاحد ، ان العراق يعد من البلدان التي تضم اكبر عدد من المهجرين في الشرق الاوسط منهم مليون و500 الف نازح داخلياً. <br/>وبين دانييل في حديث نقلته صحيفة الصباح الاحد، ان المفوضية بالاتفاق مع الحكومة قدمت مساعدات طارئة الى نحو نصف عدد هذه التجمعا ، فضلاً عن مساعدتهم في اعادة تاهيل المساكن التي يمتلكونها، منوهاً بان المفوضية ساعدت العام الماضي نحو 350 الف نازح في عموم البلاد، مؤكداً احتياج هذه الفئة الى برنامج كبير جدا لمساعدتهم على ايجاد حلول وتخصيص اراض او دور مناسبة لهم . <br/>وبين اندرس ، ان نحو نصف مليون شخص من هؤلاء النازحين عادوا الى دورهم الاصلية خلال العامين الماضيين الا ان معظمهم وجدوا مساكنهم مدمرة ومحرومة من الخدمات.</p> <h3>(طبهم مرض) هكذا قال المالكي عندما اخبروه ان اكثر من 7 سجناء ماتوا خنقا اثناء نقلهم </h3> <p>اكد مصدر اعلامي قريب من المالكي ان السجناء العراقيين الذين ماتوا او اصيبوا نتيجة نقلهم الى سجنا اخر احيل موضوعهم الى لجنة تحقيقية لتبيان اسباب الوفاة مشيرا الى ان المالكي قال عندما اخبر بوفاة السجناء (طبهم مرض) ….. </p> <p>وكان مصدر مطلع كشف أن تسعة سجناء عراقيين توفوا اختناقا وأصيب 15 آخرون بحالات ضيق نفس شديدة وإعياء أثناء نقلهم من سجن إلى آخر <br/>وقال  إن تسعة سجناء توفوا ظهر يوم الأربعاء المصادف 12 أيار الجاري من جراء نقص الهواء في عربتين مخصصين لنقل السجناء كانتا تقلان سجناء من سجن التاجي في شمال بغداد إلى سجن تابع لتسفيرات الرصافة في بغداد. <br/>وأوضح  أن 120 سجينا حشروا في عربيتين لنقل السجناء مصنوعتين من المعدن وليس فيهما أي منفذ لدخول الهواء   مبينا أن العربة الواحدة مخصصة لنقل 15 سجينا على الأكثر وقد حشر فيها نحو 60 سجينا. <br/>واشار إلى أن القوة التي كانت تنقل السجناء تابعة لاجهزة المالكي وبعد وصولها إلى سجن التسفيرا اكتشفت عند فتحها العربتين وجود 22 سجينا وقد غابوا عن الوعي وظهرت عليهم علامات اختناق، مضيفا أن القوة قامت بنقلهم إلى عدد من المستشفيات لتلقي العلاج منها مستشفى الجملة العصبية في منطقة باب الشرقي وسط بغداد الذي توفي فيه تسعة من هؤلاء بعيد وصولهم إليه. <br/>واضاف أن السجناء الخمسة عشر الآخرين أصيبوا برضوض بسبب التدافع الذي حصل داخل العربتين بسبب نقص الهواء وحالات ضيق نفس وإعياء شديدة إلا ان حالتهم الصحية باتت مستقرة</p> <p>وكانت قضية الانتهاكات لحقوق السجناء في العراق قد عادة للظهور بقوة بعدما كشفت صحيفة لوس أنجلس تايمز في 19 أبريل/ نيسان عن انتهاكات بحق سجناء عراقيين في سجن المثنى السري إذ ذكرت أن السجن كان يضم أكثر من 430 سجيناً قبل نقلهم إلى مراكز احتجاز أخرى في وقت مبكر من نيسان ولم يكن أحد يعرف بأماكنهم، وعلى مدار شهور، ولم يكن متاحاً لهم الاتصال بأسرهم أو محاميهم، كما لم تصدر بحقهم وثائق رسمية أو حتى أرقام احتجاز أو أرقام قضايا، فيما كان قاضي تحقيق ينظر في القضايا من حجرة قريبة من إحدى حجرات التعذيب في مركز الاحتجاز، بحسب أقوال المعتقلين. <br/>وعلق المالكي بأنه لم يكن على علم بالانتهاكات التي تمارس في السجن السري في مطار المثنى القديم، غرب العاصمة العراقية بغداد، الذي تديره قوات تابعة لقادته الأمنيين مباشرة، وعزا نقل السجناء إلى بغداد إلى "مخاوف متعلقة بالفساد الذي تشهده مدينة الموصل"، مؤكداً أنه "ستتم محاسبة كل من تثبت إدانته بالقيام بأعمال التعذيب ضد السجناء"..</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 1.5em"><font color="#800000">الاخبار الامنية </font></span></strong></p> <p><strong>جانب من الأحداث الأمنية والعمليات العسكرية حتى مساء اليوم الاحد</strong></p> <p>شهدت بغداد وبعض المحافظات العراقية اليوم الاحد أحداثا أمنية عديدة راح ضحيتها عدد من الشهداء والجرحى، كما شهدت عدة عمليات عسكرية شنتها القوات الأمنية العراقية مستهدفة أوكار الإرهابيين والخارجين عن القانون ومخازن الاعتدة والذخائر والعبوات الناسفة في مناطق متفرقة من البلاد . </p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/16/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%ad%d8%af-16-%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%8a%d9%88-2010/#more-10551" class="more-link">» أقرأ التفاصيل .. | Read the rest of this entry »</a></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9212"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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ان مئات الاف العراقيين الذين نزحوا من ديارهم بسبب الحرب الى مخيمات يعمها البؤس, يعانون من ازمة انسانية خطيرة. وكشفت المنظمة ان بين المليون ونصف المليون عراقي الذين اضطروا الى مغادرة منازلهم في العام الفين وستة والفين وسبعة زهاء خمسمئة الف, يعيشون في الاكواخ". وافاد تقرير للمنظمة ان الحكومة لا تبذل الكثير وربما لا تفعل شيئا لمساعدة النازحين داعية الولايات المتحدة "التي تتحمل مسؤولية خاصة" في هذه الازمة الانسانية الى الاهتمام بهم وفق التقرير . من جانبه، دعا سفير العراق في الولايات المتحدة سمير شاكر الصميدعي الحكومة الى بذل المزيد من اجل العراقيين النازحين داخل وخارج البلاد وقال ان "بلدا يقوم على بحر من النفط لا يجب ان يعيش سكانه في مثل هذه الظروف". </p> <p dir="rtl" align="right">( <strong>روابط ذات علاقة </strong>- <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/18/iraq-humanitarian-needs-persist-refugees-international/">Iraq: Humanitarian Needs Persist | Refugees International | Gorilla’s Guides</a>  )</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post 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Iraqis. Millions of people are still displaced without access to shelter, food, health care or other basics. It is too soon for the U.S. government and other donors to abandon the needs of the Iraqi people. Likewise, the UN must seek to increase its presence and resources inside the country and throughout the region, ensuring that Iraq’s most vulnerable are protected and assisted until durable solutions are available.</p></blockquote> </li> <li> <blockquote>On the one hand the U.S., the UN, and the entire international community often champion the considerable security progress inside Iraq. On the other hand, these same entities continue to be extremely constrained by highly restrictive security protocols. These protocols no longer reflect the realities in the country, and the lack of access continues to severely hamper the humanitarian response of the UN and the U.S. The zero-risk mentality of the burgeoning security industry has hijacked more rational and creative thinking that might help guarantee staff safety while allowing for greater mobility in a more low-profile manner. </p></blockquote> </li> </ul> <div style="border-right: black 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: black 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: black 1px solid; width: 300px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: black 1px solid"> <p><strong>Policy recommendations</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>The U.S. should continue to fund current and future UN appeals at no less than 50% and seek to dramatically increase its support for community development programs.</p> </li> <li> <p>The UN and the U.S. should review and adapt their security measures in Iraq to allow staff greater freedom of movement and access to vulnerable communities.</p> </li> <li> <p>The Government of Iraq should develop a detailed plan to implement the solutions included in its 2008 National Policy on Displacement.</p> </li> <li> <p>UNHCR should dramatically and rapidly increase its number of staff working in the field inside Iraq.</p> </li> <li> <p>The U.S. and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) should urge the Government of Iraq to create a process for IDPs to voluntarily integrate into the local communities in which they have been displaced.</p> </li> <li> <p>UNHCR should conduct a thorough needs assessment of the Palestinian refugee community in Iraq and seek durable solutions for those living in Iraq and Syria, including third country resettlement.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>Download File:</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063333/http://www.refugeesinternational.org/sites/default/files/031710_iraq.pdf" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq: Humanitarian Needs Persist</a> File Size 136.03 KB (PDF)</li> </ul> <h4>About:</h4> <ul> <li><em>Refugees International Senior Advocate Elizabeth Campbell and consultant Nir Rosen assessed the situation for displaced Iraqis in Iraq and Syria in February 2010.</em></li> </ul></div> <p>The humanitarian situation facing Iraqi refugees and internally displaced people is quickly becoming a protracted one for which the U.S. bears special responsibility. Though the country is well positioned to generate vast sums of revenue from its oil, it will take many years before the government is able to rebuild the country’s infrastructure and provide basic services to its people. Ongoing political and security concerns continue to challenge development efforts. It is thus critical that the U.S. and other donors continue to support a strong and expanded humanitarian program, working hand-in-hand with a variety of community development initiatives. </p> </p> <h3>Iraqis Living as Squatters in Slums </h3> <p>UNHCR estimates that of the 1.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs) forced from their homes in 2006 and 2007, 33% or 500,000 live as squatters in slum areas. Refugees International visited about 20 different squatter settlements in various parts of Baghdad, Diyala, and Salah al-Din. These people have no legal title to the land. Many fear returning to their original homes. Most are too poor to relocate. The settlements all lack basic services, including water, sanitation, and electricity and are built in precarious places—under bridges, alongside railroad tracks, and amongst garbage dumps. In 2009 the Iraqi Government issued a directive calling upon all squatters to vacate public buildings. This directive has since been postponed, but they all remain at risk of eviction. UNHCR will have to liaise closely with other UN agencies and international and national NGOs to provide assistance to these communities and to urge the Government of Iraq to create programs of land grants and housing for these people. </p> <p>Refugees International met several Iraqis who left Syria, because they could no longer afford to live there, and are now living as internally displaced squatters in these slum areas. As one squatter told the RI team, “We used to own a home in Abu Ghraib. Now we have lost everything. It is too dangerous for us to return there, so we are living here, hoping that the government will give us a small piece of land.” </p> <p>These families are among the most vulnerable in Iraq. Most have not received assistance from the government, UN agencies, or NGOs. Since they live illegally, the government is reluctant to improve their living conditions and address their basic needs. UNHCR is aware of many of these squatter settlements and is in the process of conducting a more comprehensive survey of them. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) also has a list of the settlements in which the internally displaced live. IOM and UNHCR should work together to develop a single, comprehensive list so that humanitarian interventions can be targeted and coordinated. </p> <p>If UNHCR is going to have any impact addressing the needs of these especially vulnerable displaced people and the larger communities, they will have to dramatically increase the number of UNHCR staff people with the responsibility of reaching out to them. For those at risk of eviction in the near future, the UN should work closely with the Government of Iraq to begin to devise a contingency plan. As outlined in Iraq’s July 2008 National Policy on Displacement, displaced people and host communities should be involved in planning, designing and implementing appropriate strategies and programs concerning their return, integration or relocation. </p> <h3>Increasing Humanitarian Access in Iraq </h3> <p>On the one hand the U.S., the UN, and the entire international community often champion the considerable security progress inside Iraq. On the other hand, these same entities continue to be extremely constrained by highly restrictive security protocols. These protocols no longer reflect the realities in the country, and the lack of access continues to severely hamper the humanitarian response of the UN and the U.S. The zero-risk mentality of the burgeoning security industry has hijacked more rational and creative thinking that might help guarantee staff safety while allowing for greater mobility in a more low-profile manner. </p> <p>The UN Department for Safety and Security and the Resident Security Officers for the U.S. must adapt their security protocols to the new and changing realities and allow greater access for humanitarian workers. The northern and southern governorates of Iraq are widely recognized as being safe. Many parts of the central governorates can also be accessed daily for field visits. Refugees International staff was able to travel alone without security escorts throughout most of Baghdad and multiple locations within Diyala, Salah al-Din and Babel. Iraqis of all types and backgrounds interviewed by Refugees International expressed a strong desire to see the UN and international actors return and fully function in the country. </p> <p>Currently the U.S. government and the UN are completely dependent upon the U.S. military to provide access outside of the international zone. Access to Iraqi communities occurs irregularly and in a very limited fashion. Plans have to be made months in advance to coordinate trips. This already limited access will be further reduced with the impending U.S. military withdrawal. </p> <p>Furthermore, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), led by the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), often does not prioritize humanitarian issues. They tend to take a back seat to UNAMI’s political agenda. Political affairs officials are often given priority over humanitarian actors when it comes to dividing the limited number of slots available for staff to travel outside of the international zone. </p> <p>While international UN staff and diplomatic missions have limited access to Iraqi communities, an increasing number of international NGOs are accessing vulnerable Iraqis in Baghdad and other parts of the country. There is also a plethora of Iraqi NGOs who are making significant humanitarian contributions, without which much of the work could not take place. UNHCR’s efforts to enhance the capacity of over 100 national NGOs should be supported. </p> <h3>Returns and the Prospects for Local Integration </h3> <p>Though the Government of Iraq, the U.S., and other governments continue to push for displaced people to return home, much of the current displacement is likely to be permanent. UNHCR estimates that only 426,000 people have returned, the overwhelming majority of whom were internally displaced people. People will continue to return home, but only at a trickle. Lack of security and jobs continues to be a strong deterrent. Others are simply too traumatized to return to their places of origin. Long-term solutions must be found for these people. </p> <p>If given the option, IOM estimates that 25% of IDPs would be interested in local integration. This would be an important step forward in the protection of some IDPs, as they would then presumably be granted residency cards reflecting their new place of habitual residence. Such cards would allow them full and fair access to all services at the local and governorate level. They would be able to vote like other Iraqis in future elections, attend schools without facing discrimination, and seek employment without impediments. The U.S. and international community should urge the Government of Iraq to create a process for IDPs to voluntarily integrate locally if they so choose. </p> <p>Those wishing to return to their original homes and lands, but who are unwilling or unable to do so at this time, should continue to be afforded this opportunity when the conditions warrant safe and voluntary returns. Efforts to ensure that such people are able to retrieve their properties should continue to be made. This includes urging the Government of Iraq to expand its property restitution mechanism to all of the governorates and to ensure that those displaced between 2003 and 2005 are also provided a mechanism to reclaim or be compensated for their lost properties. The Iraqi government should at least quadruple the $850 return compensation grant currently available.</p> <p>Although few people have returned home, the Government of Iraq, the UN, and several donors have supported a successful return and reintegration program in the Governorate of Diyala, a place that suffered some of the most severe violence and the displacement of some 300,000 individuals. The objective is to support the voluntary return and reintegration of at least 27,500 families while rebuilding their communities. Assistance has been provided to both returnees and local residents in the understanding that communities as a whole must be engaged if resentments are to be avoided and returns sustained. Targeting some 400 largely destroyed villages, the project aims to provide urgent life-saving services and rebuild homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods. </p> <p>The Government of Iraq has pledged some $78 million dollars for reconstruction of destroyed homes, but the disbursement of these funds is lagging. Despite this, 3,000 starter homes have been constructed with 6,000 more planned for 2010 if funding is made available. </p> <p>The success of this initiative stems in part from the strong political commitment and financial pledge from the central government, the coordination and participation of most of the UN agencies and many international and national NGOs, and the strong support of the local authorities and communities. It is also successful because humanitarian actors are able to work closely with development actors, ensuring that the returns and the rebuilding of communities are long-term and sustainable. When Refugees International visited the project in villages near Khan Bani Saad, it was a rare but positive example of long-term development efforts working hand-in-hand with humanitarian intervention, benefitting a much larger number of people than those directly targeted for assistance. This model is successful and could be replicated in other parts of Iraq, but it is very costly. Donors should be willing to support these efforts. </p> <h3>Protecting Refugees in Syria </h3> <p>Most Iraqi refugees in Syria have benefited from generous government policies and hospitable neighbors. The government’s recent efforts to extend residency permits for six months, their commitment to issue some work permits, and their engagement in drafting legislation that will address the presence of Iraqis in Syria are all positive steps that help to advance the protection of refugees. </p> <p>Still, the overall situation for Iraqi refugees continues to deteriorate. It is therefore essential that the U.S. and other donors maintain their humanitarian commitment to this increasingly protracted refugee caseload. There are approximately 3,000 new individuals registering for refugee status each month. Most are unable to work. Families continue to be torn apart as men seek employment opportunities outside of Syria. Rents continue to increase. Families are forced to move in together and share small apartments. This year there are 30% fewer Iraqi children enrolled in school. In some cases the costs of books and school uniforms are prohibitive for families. There has been an increase in detention and deportation, due in part to petty crime and prostitution. Opportunities for local integration have not materialized, and the majority of refugees have no plans to return. While most refugees dream of third country resettlement, this solution will not be afforded to most of the 218,000 refugees currently registered with UNHCR. </p> <p>Almost 13,000 vulnerable Iraqi families now receive cash assistance in the amount of approximately $150 every month (plus $15 per dependent) through the use of ATM cards. This creative program is efficient, effective and dignified—and a preferred form of assistance for most refugees. The ATM card system has an overhead of approximately 2.3%, whereas the overhead cost for assistance distributed through partner agencies can be as high as 23%. In urban contexts like Damascus, cash assistance cuts down on otherwise costly outreach and distribution efforts. Without more funding, UNHCR will be forced to scale back this life-saving program. </p> <p>Similarly, refugees with chronic but treatable illnesses like diabetes and cancer are at risk of losing UNHCR’s support due to funding shortfalls. Thousands of refugees’ lives will be at stake if UNHCR and its partners are no longer able to help subsidize tertiary health care. </p> <p>The World Food Program has also responded to the particular needs of delivering assistance in an urban environment through a recently introduced pilot program. Each family receives a SMS text message on his or her mobile phone with the voucher number and the amount of the entitlement. Families are then able to redeem the voucher for food from a list of nine items in any one of the selected stores participating in the program. Such a program directly benefits the local and national economy and supports Syrian-run markets. Refugees feel empowered to make their own food selections. Overhead costs are drastically reduced. This innovative model should be expanded in Syria and replicated in other parts of the world. </p> <p>While these two innovative programs should be strengthened, more emphasis needs to be placed on skills training so that refugees are able to become self-sufficient. Information technology programs are particularly useful, as they have utility in resettlement countries, the country of asylum, and the country of origin. </p> <p>Today, UNHCR has one of the most sophisticated and accurate registration systems in the world operating in Syria. The numbers of refugees registered with UNHCR as well as the needs of many of the most vulnerable are well known. Donors have not been able to even meet the needs of registered refugees let alone those who choose not to register. The U.S. especially has a special responsibility to help host governments ensure that the basic assistance and protection needs of this population continue to be met until durable solutions are readily available. </p> <h3><b>Refugees in Iraq Need Durable Solutions</b> </h3> <p>There are some 35,000 refugees in Iraq. One of the largest and most vulnerable populations is the stateless Palestinians. Though successful efforts have been made to resettle Palestinians from three border camps, the needs of those in Damascus, Al Hol Refugee Camp in Syria and Baghdad must be urgently addressed. Unlike Iraqis, Palestinian refugees from Iraq have been denied access to asylum in neighboring countries and subjected to forced encampment. In Baghdad they continue to be subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention, raids by the police and army, and armed violence. Their recently issued identification documents are noticeably different from Iraqi documents, making them easy targets at checkpoints. Most Palestinians attempt to acquire Iraqi documentation, and the men regularly travel with women to help protect them against arbitrary arrest and detention. Hiding their Palestinian identity is a matter of survival for these refugees. </p> <p>At the start of the war in 2003 there were an estimated 35,000 Palestinian refugees in Baghdad. Today there are only 11,000. Left behind are the elderly, the disabled, and some of the most destitute families. Even if they attempted to flee, there is nowhere for them to run—the Jordanian and Syrian borders are closed to them and UNHCR actively turns away Palestinians attempting to flee to Al Waleed Camp on the border. </p> <p>Many of the families are in need of urgent assistance. UNHCR needs to conduct a full assessment of this population and develop criteria for resettlement. In Syria UNHCR needs to immediately refer Palestinian cases in Damascus for resettlement and continue resettlement out of Al Hol Camp. </p> <h3><b>Conclusion</b> </h3> <p>As the U.S. continues to draw down its military forces and eventually end its occupation in Iraq, the U.S. and other donors must increase their humanitarian and development assistance and commitment to finding long-term solutions for displaced Iraqis. Millions of people are still displaced without access to shelter, food, health care or other basics. It is too soon for the U.S. government and other donors to abandon the needs of the Iraqi people. 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