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Iraq - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #3, Fiscal Year (FY) 2011

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Iraq
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USAID
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS

· Between January and May 2011, more than 56,000 Iraqis—including 37,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 19,000 refugees—returned to their places of origin, bringing the total number of returning refugees and IDPs since 2006 to nearly 800,000 people, according to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The significant majority of returning IDPs continue to travel to Baghdad and Diyala governorates, which host the highest concentration of post-2006 IDPs. While the number of returnees is increasing, insecurity, lack of employment opportunities, and inadequate access to shelter and stable food supplies continue to prevent many individuals from returning to places of origin.

· In total, the U.S. Government (USG) has provided more than $225 million in humanitarian assistance to Iraq in FY 2011, including nearly $24 million from USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and nearly $202 million from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM). USAID/OFDA funding supports relief activities in economic recovery and market systems, logistics and relief commodities, humanitarian coordination and information management, health, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), benefitting more than 617,000 vulnerable individuals, including IDPs.

· USAID/OFDA staff continue to conduct regular field visits to monitor ongoing activities, identify gaps in humanitarian assistance, link emergency initiatives to early recovery programs, and facilitate durable solutions to displacement.