189 displaced Yazidis return to Sinjar
Displaced Iraqi men from the minority Yazidi sect at the Khanki camp on the outskirts of Dohuk governorate after fleeing the Iraqi town of Sinjar. Photo: Reuters
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – In a breakthrough in the issue of the displaced in Iraq, the Ministry of Migration and Displacement announced the return of 189 displaced Yazidis to their areas of residence in the town of Sinjar in Nineveh governorate, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
Many Yazidis left their areas after the terrorist group of ISIS started occupying large areas in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
According to a statement by the Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displacement, Evan Jabro, 189 displaced Yazidis have returned from the displacement camps in Duhok governorate to their areas of origin in Sinjar in northern Iraq.
Jabro emphasized that the ministry is continuing to register displaced families who wish to return.
ISIS terrorists unpredictably invaded Sinjar in 2014 and displaced many of its residents, the majority of whom are Yazidis, after killing and capturing thousands.
The Iraqi minister indicated last March that the ministry is committed to the government’s program to end the displacement issue within six months.
Jabro also clarified that there are more than 40,000 displaced families inside and outside refugee camps.