Sema
The Iraqi Ministry of Immigration and Refugees (MIR) has decided to close the camps at the end of this month.
Shakir Khadr, one of the refugees from Sinjar, said that the decision to close the camps was not appropriate, the basic necessities of life should be made available and people should be guaranteed compensation.
Faisal Khanasuri, a civil activist from Sinjar, told Sama that the closure of the camps is short and the refugees have been forced to return as a political card Many families have completed their return procedures but still they haven’t received checks worth 4 million Iraqi dinars and the house belongings.
Sulaiman Fano, head of the Lalish Sinune center, told Sama that the Iraqi government should fulfill its duty and compensate the refugees in a proper manner, the compensation is low and it must be increased so that people can return to their houses. Again We call on the UN and the relevant parties to be seriously on the line to find a solution to the situation of the refugees in Sinjar who are in the camps.
Pir Dayan Jaafar, Director of Migration and Refugees in Duhok, told Sama: There are 15 refugee camps in Duhok province and Zakho autonomous administration and no camps will be closed. The Kurdistan Regional Government will provide assistance and support to all refugee camps in Duhok thigh or continuously However, the Iraqi government’s decision to close the camps was not appropriate, so far 24 thousand 800 families remain in the camps.
According to the Iraqi government, only 20 days left to close the camps, but so far only 1,200 displaced families have returned to their homes.
The amount of four million dinars is given as assistance to the returning families, which is a very small amount and only includes those families living in the camps.