USAID: 3 mn Iraqis repatriated, 2 mn remain displaced

[TomSea]

USAID: 3 mn Iraqis repatriated, 2 mn remain displaced
Refugees at al-Jadaa camp in Mosul.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Nearly three million Iraqis have been repatriated to their home regions, a U.S. agency said as Iraq struggles to recover from war against Islamic State.

USAID’s deputy director in Iraq, William Patterson, was quoted by Alghad Press saying that nearly three million Iraqis returned to their regions, while two million others await.

He stressed that the agency favors a voluntary, rather than forcible, repatriation of those affected.

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