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IOM report on the Iraqi refugees in Syria, who returned between 2011 - 2014
Mariana Andrei - Communication Coordinator
29 April 2015
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has recently launched the report “Iraqi Returnees from Syria Following the 2011 Crisis” which evaluates the living conditions of Iraqi who fled to Syria to escape violence and persecution in Iraq and later, starting 2011, they returned to Iraq seeking refuge from the civil conflict in Syria.
The study provides a picture of displacement trends, living conditions, vulnerabilities as well as of immediate and long term needs of the Iraqi who returned from Syria.
Members of 1,309 Iraqi households were interviewed, who returned to the central, southern and Kurdistan regions in Iraq. Qualitative data have also been collected from focus groups created in the three regions, including Anbar Governorate. Data collection was undertaken between May-June 2014. Out of the total sample, 52% were able to return to their own homes they had left behind, while 48% had to find other housing in the same region or elsewhere. The percentage of returned families with at least one family member working was high, varying from 72% (south) to 91% (Kurdistan). However 70% of the families reported an insufficient income for covering the basic needs of the family, as a result of the poorly paid jobs, below the occupants' qualification level.
About 80% of the interviewed persons (most of whom had returned between 2012-2014) felt closely integrated in their residence community. Most persons interviewed from central Iraq and Kurdistan (about 90%) wished to stay in the communities where they had settled, as compared to those planning to settle in the south (38%).
The study should be however viewed with some reserve, given the widespread conflict in almost all regions of Iraq since the summer 2014. The number of persons displaced in 2014 as a result of recent conflicts was over 2,000,000, and these people desperately need aid and a more secure climate, shows the IOM release.
Source: http://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraqi-returnees-syria-following-2011-syria-crisis
The study provides a picture of displacement trends, living conditions, vulnerabilities as well as of immediate and long term needs of the Iraqi who returned from Syria.
Members of 1,309 Iraqi households were interviewed, who returned to the central, southern and Kurdistan regions in Iraq. Qualitative data have also been collected from focus groups created in the three regions, including Anbar Governorate. Data collection was undertaken between May-June 2014. Out of the total sample, 52% were able to return to their own homes they had left behind, while 48% had to find other housing in the same region or elsewhere. The percentage of returned families with at least one family member working was high, varying from 72% (south) to 91% (Kurdistan). However 70% of the families reported an insufficient income for covering the basic needs of the family, as a result of the poorly paid jobs, below the occupants' qualification level.
About 80% of the interviewed persons (most of whom had returned between 2012-2014) felt closely integrated in their residence community. Most persons interviewed from central Iraq and Kurdistan (about 90%) wished to stay in the communities where they had settled, as compared to those planning to settle in the south (38%).
The study should be however viewed with some reserve, given the widespread conflict in almost all regions of Iraq since the summer 2014. The number of persons displaced in 2014 as a result of recent conflicts was over 2,000,000, and these people desperately need aid and a more secure climate, shows the IOM release.
Source: http://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraqi-returnees-syria-following-2011-syria-crisis
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