IRAQ: Timeline of displacement and returns (as of 31 May 2018) TOTAL IDPs
TOTAL RETURNEES
2.0M
3.8M
3.42 3.33 3.31 3.32 3.37 3.34 3.35 3.30 3.26 3.71 3.83 3.31 3.34 3.28 3.18 3.23 3.17 3.17 3.18 3.21 3.20 3.19 3.23 3.51 3.64 3.10 3.09 3.03 3.04 3.35 3.00 3.02 3.06 3.07 3.02 2.88 3.22 2.83 2.68 2.54 2.76 2.47 2.62 2.32 2.30 2.62 2.20 2.11 2.12 2.22 2.05 2.00 Internally displaced people 2.17 1.90 2.07 1.95 1.75 1.71 (millions) 1.74 1.81 1.55 1.64 1.46 Returnees 1.37 1.07 1.05 1.23 (millions) 0.95 0.86 0.80 0.85 0.66 0.73 0.75 0.55 0.55 0.48 0.50 0.38 0.44 0.36 0.40 0.42 0.45 0.47 0.12 0.17 0.22 0.30 0.09 0.14
2014
JAN 2014
Fighting begins in Anbar and Fallujah falls, displacing about 85,000 people.
MAY 2014
People displaced by violence in Anbar reach 550,000.
2015
JUN 2014
Mosul falls and violence spreads across north-central Iraq. Conflict-related displacements increase to 1.2 million, though some displaced quickly return to Mosul.
2016
JAN 2015
SEP 2015
Displacement increases to about 2.2 million people due to insecurity and conflict in central and northern regions.
MAY 2015
Military operations in Anbar trigger displacement. About 116,850 displaced people returned to their homes.
AUG 2014
Attacks on Sinjar, Zummar and the Ninewa Plains displace nearly 1 million people within weeks, pushing the number of displaced Iraqis to 1.8 million.
JUN 2015
Revised HRP launched. US$498 million requested for July – December 2015.
2017
MAR 2016
Cholera outbreak begins, affecting central and southern Iraq. By December, 17 governorates are affected, over 2,800 cases are laboratory confirmed and two deaths are registered.
Battles to retake Heet and surrounding areas and along the Mosul corridor begin, displacing over 50,000 people by end of May.
JUN 2016
NOV 2016
Over 85,000 people are rapidly displaced from Fallujah as the city is retaken by Iraqi security forces.
SEP 2016
DEC 2015
Military operations to retake Ramadi intensify, opening a new phase in the Iraq crisis. Around 30,000 people are displaced in December and January 2016 as a result.
Military operations along the Anbar and Mosul corridors displace more than 500,000 people by end-September.
OCT 2016
The fight for Mosul begins on 17Â October, leading to severe protection threats for over 1 million civilians. Around 90,000 people are displaced in the first two months of the battle.
The names shown and the designations used on this product do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 6 June 2018 Glide number: CE-2016-000109-IRQ Sources: IOM DTM 31 May 2018, Clusters and partners Feedback: iraqinfo@un.org iraq.humanitarianresponse.info www.unocha.org/iraq
2018
Returns increase JUL 2017 dramatically, Prime Minister especially announced to Anbar, the complete reaching more than 100,000 recapture of Mosul city. Over 1 million people per people displaced. month. A total of 1.2 million people have returned home across Iraq by SEP 2017 November. Military operations in Hawiga that began on 21 September displace approximately 42,500 people.
MAY 2018
OCT 2017
Approximately people displaced due to military realignment in northern Iraq in October.
The trend of increasing numbers of displaced families returning to areas of origin is continuing. By the end of May, more than 3.8 million displaced people returned home.
DEC 2017
In late December 2017, for the first time since the Iraq displacement crisis began in December 2013, IOM recorded more returnees (3.2 million individuals) than people displaced (2.6 million individuals) in Iraq.