The Commission pointed out that the number of families returning to their origin areas
as follows: (120) families in Sinuni area of Sinjar district that is equivalent to (25%) of
the number of families in the area, (300) families in the area of Bashiqa that is
equivalent to (25%) of the total families in Bashiqa, noting that those families have no
incomes or source to live in the Kurdistan region, which forced them to return despite
the lack of services in the origin areas and they rely on primitive means of livelihood
and daily life.
The Commission believes that there are many reasons that prevent the return of the
people of Sinjar, primarily that the city of Sinjar is considered as a disaster city because
of the size of the battles that took place and the remnants of these battles of
explosives and bombs, which have not been cleared a large proportion of them so far,
the little attention of the governmental and international agencies involved in
demining which endangering the lives of citizens, in addition to the extent of the
destruction caused by Daesh terrorist gangs in this city and its infrastructure, where
the size of destruction can be estimated at (90%), and the lack of basic services (water,
electricity, and roads), as well as the presence of more than one authority and military
force to manage the district, which causes the concern of citizens to return in addition
to the negative outcomes of the previous phase and its consequences, especially social
ones and the absence of international-local support to this disaster city. There is no
sign of looming in the horizon for reconstruction,
The IHCHR also noted that a significant number of children who have lost their parents still
live in the camps and under the care of their relatives or Yazidi residents of these camps.
There is an intention to build an institution that cares for children from the Yazidi
component in Dohuk governorate or one of its districts with the support of
international organizations and the Duhook provincial council, but it is still under
study, noting that there is a small house with a few staff and personal efforts to care
for children who lost their parents. The Director General of the Department of Yazidis
Affairs in Erbil confirmed that there is no support by the Iraqi government to care for
these children.
The Commission observed the great desire of the majority of Yazidi citizens to
emigrate outside the country after serious violations and fears of repeated genocide
against them.
As for the minorities of Christians there is no official statistics on the number of
returnees to the province of Nineveh, and the Commission notes the unwillingness of
Christian citizens, who are inhabited in Nineveh, to return permanently to the
province for many reasons, including:
1. The reservation of the Church (religious authority of the Christians) on the
subject of returning until the necessary environment is guaranteed by the
Government .
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