European Aid Commission: 433 thousand displaced Iraqis without official civil documents

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[size=52]European Aid Commission: 433 thousand displaced Iraqis without official civil documents[/size]

[size=45]Translated by / Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]A report prepared by the European Commission for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) dealt with the humanitarian conditions of the displaced and returnees in the liberated areas and Iraq’s transition from the stage of critical humanitarian aid to the stage of sustainable development.[/size]
[size=45]Pointing out that despite the improvement in conditions, sustainable solutions for returnees have still not been achieved with the lack of services and difficulties in adapting, stressing that there are more than 4,000 displaced people and returnees who lack official civil identity documents, which hinders their access to services, social care and education.[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that since the liberation of the areas that were under the control of ISIS, the humanitarian crisis in Iraq has moved from the stage of a critical humanitarian crisis to the stage of sustainable development at a time when reconstruction efforts and programs to enhance stability in these areas are still continuing, and because of the improvement in the security situation, the percentage A large number of displaced people have returned to their areas of origin, and as of June 2023, nearly 5 million displaced people have returned to their areas of origin, while 1.1 million people are still living in a state of displacement.[/size]
[size=45]The European Commission states in its report that despite the end of the war phase and the existence of programs to enhance stability and reconstruction and government pledges to improve services and put an end to the state of displacement, there are still many cases related to the humanitarian needs of displaced people, where sustainable solutions have not been achieved for them, and that the World Wide Association Decision 2024 classified the humanitarian situation of these people in Iraq as a forgotten crisis represented by an extremely harsh and chronic humanitarian situation.[/size]
[size=45]In the Kurdistan region, displaced people live in camps and other informal residential sites. With the closure of camps for displaced people in federal Iraq, most of them are now living in informal alternative displacement sites with poor living conditions and lack of access to public services. When it comes to finding sustainable solutions, strong emphasis is placed on the issue of return, but emphasis must also be placed on the issue of local integration and resettlement of returnees.[/size]
[size=45]The report indicates that, in addition to the humanitarian situation resulting from the war against ISIS, Iraq is also witnessing a severe environmental and climate crisis, affecting the availability of water, agriculture, animal husbandry, and fishing for peasant families. The areas of the southern governorates at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are the most affected, as the rural residents there face the risk of losing their sources of livelihood and being forced to flee and leave their areas.[/size]
[size=45]The Commission states in its report that peasant and rural families whose livelihoods depend on agriculture, livestock raising, and fishing are in need of measures to mitigate the risks of climate change and to find ways to adapt to it in order to preserve their livestock and agricultural wealth in order to be able to remain in their areas and not think about displacement.[/size]
[size=45]The Commission states in its report that there are two special cases for the displaced that still exist, represented by the displaced Yazidis and other displaced families of ISIS militants. As for the Yazidis, a state of security instability still exists in the Sinjar region, with the lack of job opportunities and the state of psychological crises experienced by the Yazidis that prevent them from returning and reintegrating into their society. For many displaced people descended from the families of ISIS militants, their lack of civil documents limits their freedom of movement, ease of access to public services and social protection, and their ability to find sustainable solutions and enjoy rights as Iraqi citizens.[/size]
[size=45]Despite efforts to achieve stability and find sustainable solutions, large gaps still exist in providing public services to displaced persons and returnees from special categories, and there is still a need for efforts to resolve the chronic issue of granting civil documents to displaced persons. Although it is not possible to obtain accurate statistics for their numbers, estimates indicate that there are 433,000 displaced persons and returnees who lack at least one civil status document, and that 25% of the displaced persons each lack one or more of the main civil identity documents. The problem related to these displaced people is the difficulty of obtaining official documents for birth, death, or marriage, and the reason for this may be the need for them to pass a security check.[/size]
[size=45]As for children and the aspect of education, despite the government’s desire to allow children who do not have documents to go to school, the lack of civil documents, especially birth certificates and identities, still constitutes the main obstacle for displaced children from obtaining formal education. This is most evident in camps and informal displacement sites, where obtaining formal education is difficult and impossible to achieve. Therefore, there is a constant need to provide informal education to them while facilitating access to formal education like other students.[/size]
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