29,000 Iraqis in Al-Hol camp, MOMD says

29,000 Iraqis in Al-Hol camp, MOMD says

The Ministry of Migration and Displacement-MOMD counted on Tuesday, the number of displaced people in Al-Jada'a and Al-Hol camps, and indicated that 300 families have been returned from Al-Jada'a camp to their areas of residence.
 
"Al-Jada'a camp is divided into two sides (Jada'a 1) and (Jada'a 2), as the first includes displaced families from al-Hol, whose number reached 603,"said Deputy Minister of MOMD Karim Al-Nouri in a statement." 

"300 displaced families were returned to their homes after completing the security check and coordinating with their families and community leaders,” the statement added.
 
He added that "MOMD's tasks are limited to relief and shelter and has nothing to do with security procedures and security checks for families," noting that "the ministry has an intention to end the file of the IDPs in Iraq."
 
Al-Nouri continued, "During the period of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, MOMD managed to close 50 camps, and only 26 camps remained in Kurdistan region," explaining that "The ministry hopes that KRG will cooperate to end this file as soon as possible."
 
He pointed out that "Al-Hol camp includes 70,000 displaced people from all countries of the world, including 29,000 Iraqis."

Al-Hol camp is considered one of the most dangerous camps in the world, as it includes the families of the most extremist ISIS mercenaries, "Syrians, Iraqis, foreigners", especially those who arrived in the camp in February 2019 during the Al-Jazira Storm campaign against the last strongholds ISIS mercenaries in the town of Al-Baghouz.

The camp consists of 9 sectors, according to the records of the camp administration until the date of preparing this report, includes 56 thousand and 97 people, including 29 thousand and 152 persons, who hold Iraqi citizenship; Among youth, men, women and children within 7,791 families.



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