1.6 million Iraqis still displaced in their own country
Written by Paul Eedle Tuesday, 22 September 2009 09:13
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has published a detailed picture of the desperate state of 1.6 million Iraqis driven from their homes during the sectarian civil war of 2006-2007 and still unable to go home.
The IOM says: "Despite improved security in most places in Iraq, without work, their own home, schooling for children, access to water, electricity and health care, life for the vast majority of Iraq's internally displaced and for those returning home continues to be a bitter struggle."
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