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Iraq to shutter displacement camps

Iraq is working on closing all displacement camps this year and to return the displaced people to their homelands.

Habbaniyah displacement camp
Iraqi soldiers secure buses transporting displaced families from the displaced persons camp in Habbaniyah in Iraq's Anbar province on Nov. 10, 2020. After five years hosting displaced Iraqis, the vast camp was emptied in under 48 hours. The Habbaniyah Tourist Camp, a former luxury resort used to house Iraqis fleeing the Islamic State group, closed this week as part of a sudden government push to shutter dozens of displacement camps as soon as possible. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images

As the holy month of Ramadan starts, and the hot summer weather is just around the corner, the Iraqi government is putting the final touches on the issue of closing displacement camps in a number of Iraqi provinces. However, some obstacles have been impeding this goal, which Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi included in his government platform and promised to achieve.

On April 11, the Ministry of Immigration and Displacement held a conference on facilitating the return of the displaced to their homes called “Our Displaced: Challenge and Achievement.” 

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