Advocacy for Iraq

What’s Happening? 

Iraq has experienced decades of authoritarianism, violence, and displacement, and remains in a state of dire humanitarian crisis. Waves of conflict, including the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, intermittent sectarian violence, and the Islamic State’s brutal 2014 and 2017 insurgency, displaced millions of people in Iraq, including Ezidis and Syrian refugees. The residual violence has further prolonged their displacement with little access to durable solutions. Millions, especially children, need humanitarian assistance and lack access to adequate shelters, basic services, schools, and jobs. 

What Must Be Done? 

Refugees International is calling for support and protection for displaced people in Iraq, and has repeatedly warned against the risks of displaced people being prematurely returned home or further displaced. It also calls for increased access to humanitarian pathways outside of Iraq, especially for those seeking to unite with family members.

Report

Too Much Too Soon: Displaced Iraqis and the Push to Return Home

Report

Internal Displacement in Iraq: More than Just Mosul

Report

Displaced in Iraq: Little Aid and Few Options

Statement

As Nine-Year Commemoration of Ezidi Genocide Approaches, More Action Needed for Survivors and Displaced Ezidis

Statement

Refugees International Condemns the Renewed Hate Speech and the Targeting of the Ezidi Community in Sinjar, Northern Iraq

Statement

A Legacy of Displacement and Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq 20 Years after U.S. Invasion

Opinion

Kurdistan Isn’t Ready for the Coronavirus

Commentary

Can Iraq’s Internally Displaced Return?

Perspective

Lest we forget: Assisting ISIS survivors in Iraq

Advocacy Letter

Letter Urging Action to Find Missing Yazidi Women and Children

Featured Image: An Iraqi Kurdish woman sits outside her home in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on April 18, 2020. © SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images