The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights claimed that "the suffering of displaced people in the camps has not ended yet. Despite the government's promises to facilitate their return to areas and provide services and health and food aid to them, the humanitarian situation they are going through is still difficult.
"Eleven displaced people were killed in camps in three months, from the first of January to the first of April, 2019. The IOHR claimed that the death was a result of the absence of humanitarian aid and lack of government interest.
According to the IOHR, The Death number of displaced people in the camps has reached 11 people since the beginning of the year. They were buried in graves close to the camps, including five children and two women. The causes of death vary between fires, electrocution, cold, and undernourishment.
The sources also pointed out that "seven others were injured and died during the last period in the camps in Kirkuk, Amiriyat Al-Fallujah and south-west of Mosul”.
According to a police chief in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, four displaced children were killed after their tents were burned down in Nazrawa in Lilian district southeast of Kirkuk. He also added that "the parents of the children were also burned and taken to hospital.
Fadel al-Gharawi, a member of the Human Rights Commission in Iraq said that 1,500 children have died in IDP camps since June 10th, 2014. Some of the camps for displaced people have been tragically set up in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
According to a relief worker who works and provides food aid at the Hammam al-Alil camp in Nineveh province, when we get to the displaced people, we cannot find anything for them, as if they were living without food or drink. There is almost no food aid, especially for young children or newborns, whose families do not have the financial ability to provide for their children's needs. Thus, they depend on assistance from some of their relatives or some of the better-off.
Based on a relief worker who works for two years at Hassan Cham camp. Parents witnessed the death of three children in the camp in 2018. These children were suffering from drought and a lack of vitamins. Their families buried them in places near the camp.
It is important to note that there are many other deaths in many camps, but, the cases have not been disclosed or the parents did not announce that. This is a real tragedy for everyone. On one occasion, a girl died in Lilian camp in Kirkuk due to the cold weather conditions.
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer claimed that there were 1 million and 800,000 people displaced inside Iraq, more than a year after the main combat operations against the ISIS organization.
According to Iraqi Human Rights Watch, "the recent conflict in Iraq has displaced more than 5 million people inside Iraq, and more than 3.5 million people have returned to their homes, 10% of whom are still living in IDP camps."
According to the World Health Organization (WHO),
about 30% of the total IDPs registered in Iraq live with host communities in displacement areas. Displaced persons, including those in camps and host communities, as well as returnees and vulnerable groups, continue to be at risk of infectious diseases.
The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights said that "the governments of Haider al-Abadi and Adel Abdul-Mahdi did not work hard towards the issue of the displaced people, and did not meet the duties that must be met. There is a great failure by the two governments, and the government of Adel Abdul-Mahdi must avoid the matter and work in accordance with the obligations arising from them”.
