Iraq offers grants to help displaced people return to their homes
A refugee camp in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Photo: Kurdistan Regional Government
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi government is working to end the displacement issue and tackle problems affecting hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis because of the ISIS occupation of their areas from 2014 to 2017, in governorates such as Nineveh, Kirkuk, Diyala, and Salah Al-Din.
The Iraqi government announced in mid-April the closure of the last refugee camp in Nineveh governorate in northwestern Iraq.
With the announcement of the Iraqi government, all camps housing displaced people in the country are closed except the ones located in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
There are 26 refugee camps in northern Iraq, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displaced.
The Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displaced continues to provide successive financial grants to displaced families returning to their homes. The financial grant per family is 1.5 million Iraqi dinars (equivalent to $1,500).
The step aims to encourage and help the displaced people return to their homes and start their lives once again in their areas of origin.
The Minister of Migration and Displaced, Ivan Jabru, revealed during a field visit to Salah Al-Din governorate in northern Iraq on Sunday that the ministry will offer new grants in the coming days.
The last of these financial grants was offered by the Iraqi ministry in early May to nearly 7,000 families returning to their areas of origin.