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<p>We remain extremely concerned by the barbarity and inhumanity which Daesh has shown
towards all Iraq’s communities, and welcome European partners’ support to the humanitarian
response</p><p>We understand the depth of feeling at the suffering which Yezidi women
have experienced, and calls for them to be granted temporary residence. Our priority
is providing assistance to Yezidi women, and other vulnerable Iraqis, within Iraq.
We can help more people through providing aid in Iraq compared to bringing people
to the UK. <br> <br>Through the Department for International Development we have committed
£79.5 million to the humanitarian effort to help those who have fled Daesh’s brutality
in Iraq. This support is reaching hundreds of thousands of people across the country,
including the most vulnerable groups, which includes Yezidis. UK aid has provided
medicine, emergency kits, psychological support, clean water and improved sanitation,
shelter and cash assistance. The UK is the largest donor to the Iraq Humanitarian
Pooled Fund. This is providing life-saving maternal and child health-care, child protection
services, and specialised support for escapees of Daesh terror. <br> <br>All UK-funded
aid is distributed on the basis of need, regardless of race, religion and ethnicity.</p>
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