Iraq: Reasons for suspending IDPs return from Syrian Al-Hol camp

INA - BAGHDAD 

Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displaced, Ivan Faeq Jabro, explained on Monday, the reasons for suspending the return of the IDPs from the Syrian Al-Hol camp.

During its hosting by the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee in the parliament building, they discussed the work of the Ministry of Migration and Displaced in general and the lack of overlapping roles by other parties regarding the file of displaced, according to the Ministry's statement received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

Jabro explained the reasons for taking the decision to suspend the return of the IDPs from the Syrian al-Hol camp to Iraqi territory, noting that "the Ministry continues to implement this decision until an appropriate mechanism is found for their return, in addition to all appropriate conditions to be created for this in cooperation with the concerned authorities and each according to its specialty."

"The security checks for IDPs are done via the security authorities only," she stressed, explaining that "the Ministry is the sectoral body responsible for the IDPs file in general and in all governorates of the country and everything related to that, including shelter, relief, transportation, rehabilitation, programs and projects."

Jabro highlighted, "the work of international organizations inside the camps for the IDPs as it should be exclusively in coordination with the Ministry," pointing out that "no party, whatever it is, has the right to enter the camps without the ministry knowledge, because these actions are against human rights standards."