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Exiles in Their Own Country: Dealing with Displacement in Post-ISIS Iraq
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis remain uprooted and unable to go home after the war to defeat ISIS
The worst off are those, mainly women and children, perceived to have jihadist ties. Iraq and its partners should find ways to end their displacement.
- ICG
What’s new?
Three years after Iraq’s victory over ISIS, more than a million Iraqis are still displaced.
Hundreds of thousands are in camps.
Those in the most difficult predicament are families with perceived ISIS affiliations, who face not only formal barriers to return but also rejection by people at home.
Why does it matter?
Absent a solution for…