In its 2011 Global Appeal, UNHCR said its 2011 Iraq budget was about $210.6 million, representing a 20-40 percent funding shortfall. The ministry was allocated the equivalent of US$250 million this year, but needs $416-500 million to fully implement its plans, he said.įunding shortfalls have also affected the work of international organizations. Recently, however, the minister said the money that the government had allocated to help displaced persons and returnees was not enough, despite a pledge to tackle internal displacement, and monitor and assist Iraqi refugees abroad. The government has promised jobs and help with school enrolments.
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The authorities are offering free plane tickets to those wishing to return and giving families 300,000 Iraqi dinars (US$250) on arrival. Plans are under way to evacuate another 140 from Libya in the next few days. About 520 Iraqis have been evacuated from Libya and Yemen in the past few days, he added. "Wherever there is widespread unrest and violence we start to get in touch with Iraqi refugees to meet their needs in these countries, or to secure a safe evacuation for those who are willing to return," Al-Dosky said. Another 1.9 million have been displaced internally by continuing insecurity, sectarian violence, criminality and military operations. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that over two million Iraqis live in neighbouring states, mainly Syria and Jordan. Others fled the country during the violence of the 1990s.
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, according to the minister, fled violence in their home country after 2003 and have since lived in Syria. "Another committee will visit Al-Waleed border crossing to investigate the setting up a makeshift camp in the event of a huge influx from Syria, to immediately shelter and offer services to refugees before they are sent to their areas," the minister added.
"We have established an emergency committee with the concerned ministries, UNHCR, the Iraqi Red Crescent and other international organizations and set up a centre to register the returning refugees, offer the needed services and help them reach their destinations inside Iraq," he told IRIN. We are closely monitoring the developments and are ready for any emergencies," said Iraq Migration and Displacement Minister Dendar Najman Al-Dosky. "Although there has been no major threat against Iraqi families until now. BAGHDAD, (IRIN) - The Iraqi authorities are bracing for a possible influx of returnees from neighbouring countries affected by violent protests, especially Syria, and say hundreds have already returned from Libya.
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