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Displaced people in Iraq are running out of options as the government shuts down refugee camps

The Iraqi government is shutting down refugee camps, forcing displaced families to return to shattered homes.Human rights experts are concerned that the closures will create health problems for families who don't have access to PPE or running water.Years of war have forced millions of Iraqis to leave their homes and seek refuge in temporary camps.It's forcing vulnerable families of internally displaced Iraqis to return home — if they can return at all.

Aid workers and human rights groups say that without a clear plan for what's next, the lives of displaced Iraqis are at risk. "The government decision to close these camps is ultimately leaving thousands of people without shelter, without water, without food," said Belkis Wille, senior researcher with the Conflict and Crisis division at Human Rights Watch. "Because the camps were how they got that, with many humanitarian organizations providing those services."

There's not much left of the Habbaniyah Tourist Camp, located 80 kilometers west of Baghdad. The Iraqi governmentBut 270 families still remain since they have nowhere else to go. One resident, Abu Akhil Naser Hmeed El Cheick, said his hometown south of Baghdad is still being occupied by militias."Our houses are completely destroyed," he said. "But the problem is not the destruction, because we cannot even see those destroyed houses.

 

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Such a shameless war ! The lies of Colin Powell and the Bush administration allowed a despicable illegal invasion/war weakening the stability of the whole region and the progress of terrorist groups with the (forecasted) consequences that we know now.

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