Iraq: Displacement Movements from Syria, 18-20 October 2019

Last Update: 2019-10-21 00:00:00- Source: Relief Web

Source: International Organization for Migration
Country: Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic

CONTEXT

Due to the latest military operations in Syria, DTM Iraq has launched an emergency tracking tool to monitor potential population flow coming through pre-selected border points. Only people being displaced by the conflict will be reported in this update and usual border activities and crossings will not be covered.

The following border points are being monitored:

• Al-Fao and Rabi’a border points in Ninewa

• Fishkhabour border point in Dahuk

• Informal crossing points nearby Sahela and Alwaleed villages in Ninewa under Kurdish control

• Ibrahim Al-Khalil border point between Turkey and Iraq in Dahuk