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Iraq - IDP fleeing violence in northern Iraq
MSF teams are reaching out to the displaced people in Sharya, listening to them, advising them and letting them know that they can access free healthcare at the MSF dispensary in Dalal camp, Zakho..
© Gabrielle Klein/MSF

Fleeing Violence in Northern Iraq

MSF teams are reaching out to the displaced people in Sharya, listening to them, advising them and letting them know that they can access free healthcare at the MSF dispensary in Dalal camp, Zakho..
© Gabrielle Klein/MSF

The recent increase of violence in Iraq has left an estimated 1.8 million people displaced since January 2014, according to official figures. Nearly half of them have found refuge in schools, camps or unfinished buildings in the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq.