“The
aid will target living conditions for almost 500,000 displaced people
in the region, many of whom are living rough in unfinished buildings,
in parks or by the roadside.”
“'This
is a massive logistics operation to bring in relief supplies by air,
land and sea to help the hundreds of thousands of desperate people
who have fled suddenly with nothing but their lives, and are now
struggling to survive in harsh conditions,' said UN High
Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. 'It's the largest
single aid push we have mounted in more than a decade,' ...”
“Iraq's
escalating crisis means that the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq is
now hosting more than 600,000 internally displaced civilians,
including above 200,000 people who have fled the Sinjar area
since early August.”
“Across
Iraq, an estimated 1.2 million people have been displaced so far this
year, including more than 500,000 from fighting in the Anbar
region which began in January, and more than 600,000 displaced from
conflicts in and around Mosul (since June) and more recently Sinjar.
The majority of the newly displaced are in the Kurdistan region of
northern Iraq.”
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