IOM #Iraq Governorate Snapshot: Kirkuk (September 2014)

DISPLACEMENT SNAPSHOT: KIRKUK PROFILE OF DISPLACEMENT1

DISPLACEMENT IN 2014

79% of IDP families were reported to be in need of core relief items (CRIs)

81% of IDP families reported food as a priority need

were living in vulnerable 22% of IDP families 2

housing

Kirkuk is an ethnically diverse governorate in northern Iraq containing primarily Arabs, Kurds, and Turkmen. Kirkuk hosts a large population of displaced families from Anbar and Salah al-Din, and there also has been displacement within the governorate itself. Security has been deteriorating since the start of 2014. Many civilians have reportedly received threats on their lives and bombings and attacks have been frequent. Notably, multiple districts of Kirkuk are disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) between the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), further exacerbating the unstable security situation.

As of September 1, Kirkuk hosts more than 21,000 IDP families.

A striking 85% of this population arrived since the start of June, reflecting the downturn of stability in neighboring governorates and Kirkuk itself. The most common governorate of origin was neighboring Salah al-Din, where armed groups (AGs) have taken control of many areas. The turbulent security situation in many areas in the governorate has rendered many IDP locations inaccessible to IOM field teams for assessments.

All information, unless otherwise specified, in this report is from IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) from 1 September 2014 and from field reports of the Rapid Assessment and Response Teams. For more information on the DTM, visit: http://iomiraq.net/dtm-page

PRE-JUNE 2014

JUNE-JULY 2014

TOTAL

AUGUST 2014

3,038 IDP families

12,256 IDP families 6,305 IDP families

21,599 IDP families

18,228 IDP individuals

73,536 IDP individuals

37,830 IDP individuals

129,549 IDP individuals3

28 locations

54 locations

29 locations

81 locations4

IDP MOVEMENT IN 2014

OVERVIEW

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IOM IRAQ SEPTEMBER 2014

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Dabes Kirkuk

Al-Hawiga

6,776

0 6,776 0

Daquq

IDENTIFIED IDP FAMILIES 994 FLED KIRKUK

LEGEND

1,980 DISPLACED WITHIN KIRKUK

Identified IDP Families

19,619 TO KIRKUK

21,599 TOTAL IN KIRKUK

Primary Movements

20,001-40,000 20,001 - 40,000 10,001 - 20,000 10,001-20,000 5,001 - 10,000 5,001-10,000 1,501 - 5,000 1,501-5,000 0 - 1,500 0-1,500

4 Vulnerable shelter includes schools, buildings that are abandoned or under As a single location may host groups of IDPs from different waves of construction, public buildings, relgious buildings, and informal settlements. displacement, this figure represents the number of distinct locations in the 3 Figures for number of individual IDPs have been calculated by multiplying the governorate hosting new IDP populations for 2014, regardless of date of number of families by 6, the average size of an Iraqi family. displacement.

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IOM IRAQ SEPTEMBER 2014

DISPLACEMENT SNAPSHOT: KIRKUK DISPLACEMENT TRENDS

IDPS BY DISTRICT IN KIRKUK

Early in 2014, Kirkuk experienced an initial wave of IDPs that fled from Anbar due to the security crisis. More than 3,000 families originated from Anbar which makes up 14% of the IDP population in Kirkuk. All but 40 families from Anbar arrived before June. Notably, many IDPs that originally fled from Anbar to the Kurdistan region later moved south into Kirkuk seeking lower rent prices and living costs in general. Since June, displacement toward Kirkuk has been mainly originating from Salah al-Din; 84% of displacement was from there. Displacement within Kirkuk accounts for about 9% of all displacement and a small number of families originated from Ninewa and Diyala.

Within the governorate, the district of Kirkuk holds the highest number of IDPs with more than 14,000 families (65% of all IDPs in the governorate). The district of Al-Hawiga received more than 5,500 families hosting the second highest number of families while the remaining districts of Daquq and Dabes host smaller numbers.

Whereas Kirkuk district hosts a sizeable number of IDPs from various governorates, Debes and Daquq district have almost exclusively only received families from Salah al-Din. Of close to 700 families from Ninewa, 500 have chosen to relocate to Al-Hawiga district.

The vast majority of IDPs that arrived to Kirkuk are Arab Sunni Muslims. The governorate also hosts close to 2,500 IDP Turkmen families (some of which are Sunni and others Shia), as well as small numbers of Kurdish and Chaldean minorities. Whereas close to 1,000 of these Turkmen families were internally displaced in Kirkuk, close to 1,400 originated from Salah al-Din. All 45 Chaldean Christian families originated from Ninewa and all 25 Kurdish Sunni Muslims displaced internally.

Due to the deteriorated security situation in Kirkuk, the governorate has been the origin of close to 3,000 IDP families. About 67% of these families have remained within Kirkuk concentrated in Kirkuk district, while Qadissiya and Wassit received around 300 families each, and smaller numbers displaced to Thi-Qar, Baghdad, Kerbala, Missan, Basrah and Babylon.

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Figures to be found at: www.uniraq.org

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DISTRICT

GOVERNORATE OF ORIGIN Anbar Diyala Kirkuk Ninewa Salah al-Din

Kirkuk

2,914

Al-Hawiga

281

139

Daquq

1930

199

8,729

14,053

50

500

4,942

5,631

1,420

1,445

470

470

25

Dabes GRAND TOTAL

TOTAL IDENTIFIED IDP FAMILIES

3,078

281

1,980

699

15,561

21,599

SECURITY The security situation in Kirkuk has been steadily declining since the start of 2014. Many civilians have reportedly received threats on their lives. Attacks are reportedly targeting Turkmen Shia areas as well as members of the military and police. Reports from mid-September indicated that the borders of Kirkuk were closed for a period to anyone without a Kirkuk ID, restricting IDP movement into the governorate.

The month of July alone saw at least 68 civilians killed and 127 injured.5 Many parts of the governorate have fallen under the control of AGs and public services have suffered a delay in operation due to the delay in budget allocations. Field reports indicated that many families in Kirkuk opt not to advertise their status as IDPs, not only rendeing IOM’s assessement more diffucult but also signaling a protection vulerability within the IDP population in the governorate.

Displacement Tracking Matrix Round IV Overview Report, as of 7 August 2014. Available here: http://iomiraq.net/dtm-page

55%

OF IDPS IN KIRKUK EXPRESSED THEIR INTENT TO MOVE TO A THIRD L O C AT I O N 6

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DISPLACEMENT SNAPSHOT: KIRKUK

IOM IRAQ SEPTEMBER 2014

SHELTER, SERVICES, AND NEEDS The most common type of accommodation for IDPs in Kirkuk is shared housing with relatives and non-relatives. Also, about 3,000 IDP families are renting houses, but considering the increasing rent prices these families might ďŹ nd themselves unable to cover rent expenses, exposing them to further vulnerabilities. Additionally, about 1 in every 4 families is staying in unknown or other type of shelter.7 Additionally, a large number of IDPs, over 3,000 families, is seeking shelter in abandoned, public buildings, or buildings under construction many lacking adequate access to water, food, and sanitation facilities. Mosques and holy shrines have opened their doors to close to 500 families, mostly in Kirkuk and Daquq districts.

School buildings are also hosting a similar number of families in 8 locations in Kirkuk district and 2 locations in Al-Hawiga. These families are also highly vulnerable as they will be pushed to seek other accommodation once school starts shortly in these locations. Field reports indicate that priority needs are shelter (particularly as the evacuation of schools is ongoing in advance of the upcoming academic term), mattresses and blankets, cooking equipment, and detergent.

MOST COMMON SHELTER TYPES FOR IDP FAMILIES IN KIRKUK Rented housing

Hosted with relatives 16%

Hosted with a nonrelative

29%

25%

15% 13%

On 4 August, IOM distributed 250 NFIs and 50 UNFPA kits to IDPs living in the Kirkuk city center.

This governorate profile was developed under the framework of the Community Revitalization Programme III (CRPIII), funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).

Schools Abandoned/public building/under construction

2%

Other/unknown8

7,8 As a number of locations in Kirkuk were inaccessible to the RART teams due to unstable security, the accommodations being used for some IDPs remain unknown.

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