MOSUL WEEKLY PROTECTION UPDATE 21 - 27 January, 2017 · 2017-01-29 · MOSUL WEEKLY PROTECTION...
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MOSUL WEEKLY PROTECTION UPDATE KEY FIGURES: 1.5 million people expec ted to be impacted in Mosul and surrounding areas 158,772 people currently displaced Governorate of displacement 10,000 families assessed 52,868 individuals Source: UNHCR Partners, *IOM/DTM and Open Street Map Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WFS_1984 21% of families headed by a female 332 unaccompanied or separated children 46% 1,383 families referred for cash assistance 12,137 11,197 14,596 14,938 from the broader Mosul Corridor covering Erbil, Ninewa, Salah al-Din and Kirkuk Governorates since March 2016 28,980 IDPs have returned to their places of origin Wassit Babylon la Missan HIGHLIGHTS: The most pernent protecon concerns expressed by IDPs these week to UNHCR protecon teams relate to access to safety, forced returns and restricons on movement. While 158,772 people have fled the military offensive in Mosul, 28,980 are reported to have returned to areas of origin, with many IDPs indicang the intenon to return to newly retaken areas. Displacements from Hawija have also increased with hundreds fleeing daily to Kirkuk and Salah Al-Din. 21 - 27 January, 2017 from the beginning of the Mosul operaon to date For more informaon contact: Precillar Moyo [email protected] ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! ! Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, increment P Corp., NPS, NRCan, Ordnance Survey, © OpenStreetMa TURKEY SYRIA IRAN Anbar Baghdad Salah al-Din Diyala Kirkuk Sulaymaniyah e Erbil Dahuk Wassit Mosul LEGEND Babylon b l b I I I I K K K K K K K 564 114 3,624 9,977 864 474 Clashes IDP Displacement route IDP Camp Return locaons N S W E 0 100 153,102 Return Populaon Sulaymaniyah 0.02% Babylon 0.07% Erbil 0.30% Anbar 0.36% Salah al-Din 0.54% Baghdad 2.28% Ninewa 96.43% 30 K K
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MOSUL WEEKLY PROTECTION UPDATE
KEY FIGURES:
1.5 million people expec t ed to be impacted inMosul and surrounding areas158,772 people currently displaced
Governorate of displacement
10,000 families assessed52,868 individuals
Source: UNHCR Partners, *IOM/DTM and Open Street Map Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_WFS_1984
21% of families headed by a female332 unaccompanied or separated children46% 1,383 families referred for cash assistance
12,137 11,197 14,596 14,938
from the broader Mosul Corridor covering Erbil, Ninewa, Salah al-Din and Kirkuk Governorates since March 2016
28,980 IDPs have returned to their places of origin
Wassit
Babylonla Missan
Sources: Esri, HERE, DeLorme, increment P Corp., NPS, NRCan, Ordnance Survey, © OpenStreetMap
CGIAR, N Robinson, NCEAS, NLS, OS, NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, Rijkswaterstaat, GSA, Geoland, FEMcommunity
HIGHLIGHTS: The most pertinent protection concerns expressed by IDPs these week to UNHCR protection teams relate to access to safety, forced returns and restrictions on movement. While 158,772 people have fled the military offensive in Mosul, 28,980 are reported to have returned to areas of origin, with many IDPs indicating the intention to return to newly retaken areas. Displacements from Hawija have also increased with hundreds fleeing daily to Kirkuk and Salah Al-Din.
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Sulaymaniyah 0.02%Babylon 0.07%Erbil 0.30%Anbar 0.36%Salah al-Din 0.54%Baghdad 2.28%Ninewa 96.43%
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MOSUL WEEKLY PROTECTION UPDATE
Access to Safety
As many women, girls, men and boys flee their homes in Mosul district, Tel Afar, Hawija, Shirqat and west Anbar towards ISF or Pershmerga held areas and IDP camps, UNHCR protection teams are receiving increasing reports of restricted access to humanitarian camps. IDPs contin-ue to traverse precarious routes to reach safety at risk of encountering armed group patrols, snipers and booby traps. In addition, following flight from conflict zones, IDPs report that male family members are frequently subjected to arbitrary detention and torture. Reports indicate that over 60 IDPs were abducted and tortured following their flight from Shirqat and Hawija and allegedly only 30 were released in Tikrit, with serious torture marks, and one of them died in Al-Qadissiya as a result of his injuries. He was the second of the 30 released IDPs to die of fatal injuries. The involvement of non-state actors in ad hoc screening and detention of IDPs remains a serious protection concern. UNHCR continues to advocate against this including at high levels with government authorities.
Forced, voluntary and refused returns
Internally displaced families in Kirkuk report that, previously suspended eviction notifications, have resumed. Authorities started issuing eviction notices in Shorja, Hay Alaskri, Asra Wal Mafqudeen and Tesin to families from Salah Al-Din (Baiji and Sulaiman Beg) and Falluja. In addition to issuing the notices, IDPs report that identity documents were also confiscated to compel departure. As a result of increasing pressure 160 IDP families from Anbar, Salah Al-Din and Diyala left Kirkuk, purportedly to their areas of origin. Authorities in Shirqat also expelled 30 IDP families from Baiji out of unfinished buildings after accusing them of affiliation with armed groups. While some areas in these governorate have reportedly been declared safe for return, many protection risks remain. On 25 January, armed groups attacked retaken areas of Hay Al-Askary, Tal Qasaba and Al-Ateba’a causing two PMF fatalities and four injuries, including that of two returnees. Returns to Baiji remain blocked due to the reportedly extensive property destruction and high level of contamination. Families who are being evicted from Kirkuk and Shirqat, from Baiji and similar areas of origin are at risk of secondary displacement. Through its advocacy with government authorities in governorates of displacement, UNHCR continues to urge authorities to adhere to the principle that returns must be voluntary, safe and dignified.
UNHCR also notes that a group of 41 families transited Kirkuk from Sulaymaniyah as part of an organized and voluntary return movement to Salah Al-Din, Anbar and Diyala. In addition, 6,414 IDPs departed Khazer and Hasansham camps reportedly to their areas of origin in Adan, Al-Ta-hir, Al-Qadsia 2, Intisar and Tamim all within Mosul district. With the news of more areas in Eastern Mosul becoming liberated, protection monitoring teams in Qaymawa and Nargazlia have noticed an increase in the number of families expressing their desire to return home. In addition, families have stated that lack of livelihood opportunities in the camps, the opening of schools in the areas of origin and the resumption of normal life have prompted their decisions to return. As a result of joint advocacy between UNHCR and camp management with Kurdish
authorities, clear procedures to facilitate voluntary and dignified returns are being established. While MoMD will provide transport on specific days, some families travel in their own vehicles or in hired transport. Joint advocacy efforts have also resulted in instructions to Assayesh to return identity documentation to families prior to their departure from camps. While some departing families have received their IDs, authorities have assured those who departed prior to the agreement, that they can collect their IDs in Bartella or Gogjali. UNHCR remains in contact with the departing IDPs to follow up on their conditions on return and on receipt of the IDs.
Internally displaced persons report that a number of families are being victimized by local authorities for perceived affiliation with armed groups restricting their ability to return to their areas of origin. A number of families have reported that their homes have been destroyed or occupied to discourage their return. Collective punishment of entire families remains a perti-nent protection concern and UNHCR together with other protection actors is engaging with local and national authorities to ensure that returns are not discriminatory and that the rule of law is respected.
Impact of the lack of civil documentation and non-registration
Protection monitoring assessments reveal that 46% of Mosul IDPs are missing various types of civil identification including birth or marriage registration and identity cards. UNHCR legal partners continue to document these families and provide civil and court assistance to IDP families. In Khazer camp 15 IDs were delivered to IDPs, while in Kirkuk 83 cases were repre-sented in the court and government departments for IDPs in both camp and non-camp locations. Authorities in Kirkuk also continue to return previously confiscated IDs and property to IDPs in the camps.
While MoMD continues to register IDPs in Kirkuk, UNHCR has noted that female headed households are facing difficulties due to MoMDs requirement of the presence of the male head of household with his documentation. This creates problems for some families whose spouses have been separated due to further security screening at check points or those who remained in places of origin. Efforts are ongoing to ensure that female headed households are registered.
Restrictions of movement and family separation
Restrictions on freedom of movement remains a prominent complaint among IDPs and return-ees. While authorities in most governorates have made exceptions to facilitate family reunifica-tion, in Kirkuk authorities have instituted additional restrictions further limiting sponsorships. On 24 January, authorities informed UNHCR that all sponsorship and family reunifications to non-camp locations will be with the Governor’s approval and only when facilitated through MoMD. UNHCR continues to engage with Kirkuk authorities to ease movement restrictions and to ensure that family unity is enabled.
For more information contact: Precillar Moyo [email protected]
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