The United Nations is stepping up its efforts to help Iraqi families in Mosul, including thousands who have recently returned to the city after fleeing the fighting, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesman Andriya Mahisi said at a press conference in Geneva on Friday. During operations of their recovery from "huddle".
The UNHCR field assessments indicated that the returning population needed assistance of every kind, although shelter needs were most urgent, especially in the western part of the city, where many neighborhoods were severely damaged or completely destroyed during months of fighting.
Based on the assessments of the Organization's partners, the spokesman said that of 54 residential areas in western Mosul, 15 were almost destroyed or severely damaged while 23 others were moderately damaged and 16 others were slightly damaged.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed that landmines, unexploded ordnance and related devices posed enormous risks to the city's population, especially children, and noted that UNHCR welcomed the ongoing mine clearance efforts by the United Nations Mine Action Service and the United Nations Mine Action Service to ensure the safe return of displaced populations in the city at the time Who stressed that, given the magnitude of the problem, demining could take too long.
"Returning families also face challenges in access to basic services and facilities," he said, noting that access to water, electricity and fuel in parts of Mosul could be difficult and costly.
He pointed out that according to Iraqi government figures, so far returned about 79 thousand people to the west of troubled Mosul, where one in ten people were forced to flee from this part of the city, and drew the spokesman to the Iraqi government's assertion that more than 165 thousand people from Those who fled eastern Mosul during the conflict have now returned to them, where destruction has been much less and where there is a gradual resumption of daily life there.
However, other families returned to the camps where displaced camp managers in eastern Mosul estimated that at least 200 families had returned to the camps after having difficulty living in Mosul and because of lack of shelter, high rents and lack of earning opportunities Livelihood and basic services such as electricity and water. The spokesman stressed that return to the city must be voluntary and carefully planned and based on international humanitarian principles.
One of the major challenges is that large numbers of IDPs and returnees also lack basic civil documentation, with some 28% of displaced families in the camps reporting missing, damaged, invalid or expired papers.
UNHCR and partners were making efforts to allow them to reissue civic documents and identities to displaced families in the camps, including birth and marriage certificates.
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The UNHCR field assessments indicated that the returning population needed assistance of every kind, although shelter needs were most urgent, especially in the western part of the city, where many neighborhoods were severely damaged or completely destroyed during months of fighting.
Based on the assessments of the Organization's partners, the spokesman said that of 54 residential areas in western Mosul, 15 were almost destroyed or severely damaged while 23 others were moderately damaged and 16 others were slightly damaged.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed that landmines, unexploded ordnance and related devices posed enormous risks to the city's population, especially children, and noted that UNHCR welcomed the ongoing mine clearance efforts by the United Nations Mine Action Service and the United Nations Mine Action Service to ensure the safe return of displaced populations in the city at the time Who stressed that, given the magnitude of the problem, demining could take too long.
"Returning families also face challenges in access to basic services and facilities," he said, noting that access to water, electricity and fuel in parts of Mosul could be difficult and costly.
He pointed out that according to Iraqi government figures, so far returned about 79 thousand people to the west of troubled Mosul, where one in ten people were forced to flee from this part of the city, and drew the spokesman to the Iraqi government's assertion that more than 165 thousand people from Those who fled eastern Mosul during the conflict have now returned to them, where destruction has been much less and where there is a gradual resumption of daily life there.
However, other families returned to the camps where displaced camp managers in eastern Mosul estimated that at least 200 families had returned to the camps after having difficulty living in Mosul and because of lack of shelter, high rents and lack of earning opportunities Livelihood and basic services such as electricity and water. The spokesman stressed that return to the city must be voluntary and carefully planned and based on international humanitarian principles.
One of the major challenges is that large numbers of IDPs and returnees also lack basic civil documentation, with some 28% of displaced families in the camps reporting missing, damaged, invalid or expired papers.
UNHCR and partners were making efforts to allow them to reissue civic documents and identities to displaced families in the camps, including birth and marriage certificates.
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