HIGHLIGHTS
In the reporting period:
The second round of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign was conducted with a 89.5% coverage in refugee camps across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I).
Ibrahim Khalil KR-I border crossing point between Turkey and KR-I was closed on December 14 and remained closed until the end of the month due to the continuous deterioration of the security situation on the Turkish side, in particular the areas adjacent to KR-I border, according to Ibarhim Kalil border officials. No civilian movements were noticed entering KR-I either legally or illegally according to UNHCR protection team monitoring visits and discussions with border officials in KR-I.
Although less and less Syrians are admitted as asylum seekers when arriving in KR-I (3% of arrivals in December), Syrians continue to cross into KR-I at a steady pace, with 4,773 individuals entering through the Peshkhabour border this month, bringing the total 2015 arrivals in KR-I at 61,374 Syrians.
The end of the year figures confirmed a general downward trend for both spontaneous returns to Syria and departures to Turkey, with no departures registered after the closure of the border with Turkey; bringing the total to 24,709 returns to Syria (including Syrian non-registered asylum seekers) and 16,823 legal departures to Turkey for 2015.
POPULATION OF CONCERN
244,642 Syrian refugees
KEY FIGURES
32 Individuals departed to the UK for resettlement
4,773 Syrians entered the KR-I through the Peshkhabour border
1,407 Syrians left KR-I
72,678 Syrian refugees received the second round of Oral Cholera Vaccination
FUNDING
USD 426,041,332 Requested by agencies for the operation in 2015 (Source: 2015 3RP – Iraq)