Iraqi Migration Ministry encourages displaced to return to their original areas of residence
Displaced Iraqis moving their furniture on trucks to return to their original areas of residence. Photo: INA
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displacement revealed on Tuesday a plan to encourage the displaced to voluntarily return to their original areas of residence.
Head of the Migration and Displacement Directorate in Salah Al-Din governorate, Khaled Mahjoub, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that the ministry started taking measures to encourage the displaced to return to their original areas of residence.
The step is in accordance with the directives of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, to shut down all refugee camps in the country by July 30.
Mahjoub explained that the Ministry of Migration and Displacement offers the displaced returning to their original homes a grant of four million Iraqi dinar (approximately $3,055) in addition to refrigerators, televisions, and cookers.
The Ministry of Migration and Displacement also provides the displaced with relief aid for a full year and job opportunities for family supporters.
The Iraqi official indicated that the camps that were closed included the Kalar camp in Sulaymaniyah governorate, which houses about 80 families from Salah Al-Din, and measures are ongoing to close the Ashti camp, which houses 1,850 families.