Situation Overview
The emergency humanitarian response to some 85,000 displaced people from Fallujah during the reporting period focused on providing all displaced people with emergency shelter, drinking water, emergency sanitation access and basic household items. No significant new displacement from Fallujah has occurred since 21 June. Humanitarian response efforts were hampered from 28 to 30 June when a curfew was established and bridges between Anbar and Baghdad closed due to a sudden increase of insecurity in eastern Anbar, including near Ameriyat al Fallujah. With many aid workers and trucks carrying humanitarian supplies needing to move daily between Baghdad and Anbar, the interruption of access even for a temporary period threatened to pose extreme risks to the wellbeing of displaced people, particularly for vulnerable groups. Access has since been restored.
A new wave of displacement began on 30 June, with thousands of people fleeing military operations in Jazeera Al Khalidiyah, the river peninsula between Ramadi and Fallujah, north of the Euphrates River. Humanitarian partners reported that approximately 300 families (over 1,800 people) had arrived to Khalidiyah camp and the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Center (JCMC) of the Government of Iraq reported that over 770 families (4,600 people) had arrived to Kilo 18, some 40 kilometres west of Khalidiyah. Access to safety is precarious, with people needing to pay smugglers or to swim across the Euphrates. Emergency provisions for people on the move, including ready-to-eat food, bottled water and hygiene kits, are available in Khalidiyah. The Ministry of Displacement and Migration sent 1,200 tents to Kilo 18 while shelter partners prepared to set up 300 tents.