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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Iraqi politicians push for IDP camp closures
Description: Iraq (MNN) — Iraq is pushing to close all IDP or internally displaced persons camps by the end of July. More about that here.
Samuel* of Redemptive Stories says many people affected by this move would’ve gone home sooner if they could, but they cannot because it’s dangerous.
“The southern part is still unsafe because the PKK is still there, and there’s fighting. Only about 15 percent of those people have been able to return,” Samuel says.
“The majority of the (IDP camp) community is from Sinjar, which is in federal Iraq. About 85 perce...