The United Nations confirms an acute shortage in aid amounts for the displaced in Iraq

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[size=52]The United Nations confirms an acute shortage in aid amounts for the displaced in Iraq[/size]

[size=45]Translated by: Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]The United Nations High Commissioner for Displaced Persons and Refugees in Iraq revealed that there is a deficit of 82% in the required financial allocations, pointing out that this is to cover the humanitarian needs programs for 2023, amounting to $ 239.9 million, warning against depriving hundreds of thousands of displaced people of necessary humanitarian aid programs for them over this year. .[/size]
[size=45]“So far, $42.4 million has been secured in its fund, which constitutes only 18% of the total amount required to cover the requirements of humanitarian needs programs in Iraq for the year 2023, amounting to $239.9 million,” the organization said in a report translated by (Al-Mada).[/size]
[size=45]The report added, "If $48 million is not urgently secured now, it will be unavoidable to make cuts in vital aid programs and protection activities that will have an impact on hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "This deficit will also undermine the organization's opportunities to support aid programs for Syrian refugees residing in camps in the Kurdistan region, as well as completing programs to transfer responsibility for assisting internally displaced persons to be handled by the local public authorities."[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out that "there are approximately 300,000 Syrian refugees in Iraq, most of whom are in the Kurdistan region and come from northeastern Syria."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed, "The process of registering them by the organization is necessary to secure their legal residence in order to avoid cases of arrest or deportation, as well as securing their legal status upon their return to their country of origin."[/size]
[size=45]The report notes that "there is a need to secure $4.7 million to cover the requirements for continuing refugee registration activities."[/size]
[size=45]With regard to the displaced Iraqis, the report commented, "The organization needs to secure $5.2 million to continue providing necessary assistance related to legal and administrative aspects to the displaced, represented by their lack of nationality and civil status identity documents."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, "These documents still constitute one of the most important protection problems faced by families who have been displaced due to the attacks of the terrorist organization ISIS, or those families who have recently returned to the country."[/size]
[size=45]The report goes on to state that “ensuring that displaced families obtain documents to register their civil status identities is one of their most important priorities according to the protection program for the displaced, which falls within their responsibility on the one hand, as well as ending the state of non-belonging to a country or the lack of a nationality for them, with the support of the efforts of the Nationality Affairs Department of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior.” ".[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "Without this funding, more than 44,000 displaced persons and returnees may face increased risks of arrest or detention, restrictions on freedom of movement, and they may not have access to basic services, including education, health care, and community security benefits."[/size]
[size=45]The report added, "Infrastructure projects are among the main elements of its strategy and work towards finding solutions that guarantee a decent life for the families of the displaced, as well as the refugees, especially those still residing in the camps."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that "35% of the refugees reside in 9 camps, and 180,000 internally displaced persons reside in 25 camps, all of which are in the Kurdistan region."[/size]
[size=45]The report stated, "The organization has made progress in a working paper program to convert some of these camps into official housing sites that receive public services."[/size]
[size=45]And he continues, "The organization is making every effort to improve the standard of living for the displaced, especially for the Yazidis in Dohuk Governorate and the group of displaced families residing in the camps in eastern Mosul."[/size]
[size=45]The report continued, “These services include, for example, the rehabilitation of health care and social care centers, schools, and civil affairs offices necessary for issuing civil status identities, and everything related to this matter.”[/size]
[size=45]He noted, "the need to secure $9.1 million in urgent funding to be able to implement related infrastructure projects, which will provide benefit to more than 102,000 displaced and refugees, as well as other affected Iraqis."[/size]
[size=45]The report spoke of "thousands of the most affected refugee families who depend on multi-purpose financial aid to meet their basic needs."[/size]
[size=45]The report added, "The organization is in an urgent need to secure $20.1 million to provide financial assistance to approximately 21,600 families to ensure that they are not exposed to severe poverty."[/size]
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