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<p>To date, the UK has committed £79.5 million to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
UK aid is reaching hundreds of thousands of people across Iraq, including the most
vulnerable groups, such as Yezidis. All UK-funded aid is distributed on the basis
of needs and in line with humanitarian principles which ensure that no-one is discriminated
against on the grounds of race, religion or ethnicity . According to the International
Organisation for Migration, the vast majority of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
in Iraq live in host communities, with around 10% of all Iraqi IDPs living in camps.</p><p>
</p><p>On a field visit to Dohuk in January 2016, DFID officials met with a number
of displaced Iraqis, including Yezidis, and discussed their shelter needs and living
conditions. This included members of the Yezidi community who were living in poor
conditions in informal settlements. The DFID team were told that the UN High Commission
for Refugees (UNHCR) had undertaken to relocate these individuals to a camp with appropriate
services and conditions. However, this offer had been declined by Yezidi heads of
households because of a perception that the camps were too far from employment opportunities
although it appeared that other members of the community held differing views about
the suitability of the camps.</p><p> </p>
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