IDPs on the rise in Iraq
"The Iraqi Ministry of Immigration recently released figures on the number of internally displaced families in the country. 51,037 families have registered as refugees with the ministry. The breakup of families according to governorates is as follows:
Baghdad: 6,600
Muthanna: 1,677
Wassit: 4,983
Maysan: 3,955
Dhi Qar: 3,100
Basrah: 2,010
Karbala: 6,700
Babel: 3,365
Qadissiya: 1,200
Najaf: 4,000
Anbar: 2,561
Diyala: 4,797
Salah Al-Din: 2,925
Kirkuk: 415
Ninewa: 4,074
Erbil: 7,498
No figures were reported for the Dohuk and Suleimaniya governorates. There are an additional 330 Palestinian refugees stuck at a camp in Tanaf on the Iraqi-Syrian border, 150 others on the Iraqi-Jordanian border, and an undocumented number of Sudanese families. "
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