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<p>In the latest Strategic Response Plan for Iraq, the UN estimates that 1.26 million
internally displaced people are in need of assistance in order to be prepared for
winter, with 800,000 people in need of immediate shelter.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The
UK government has responded by funding £23 million of humanitarian assistance in Iraq.
£17.5 million of the funding has gone to the UN, NGOs and the International Committee
for the Red Cross for projects which include winterisation assistance such as shelter
kits for people living in collective shelters and unfinished buildings. In addition
we have supplied some 1,500 winterised tents and more than 4,500 thermal blankets
for various UN agencies and NGO partners to distribute across affected areas.</p><p>
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