Iraq: Tackling multi-layered humanitarian crisis
At the border
Hundreds of Syrian families continue arrive every day at the Ibrahim Khalil checkpoint, on the Turkey-Iraq border, fleeing fighting around their homes in Kobane and neighbouring areas in southern Syria. Since mid-September, more than 10 000 Syrian refugees have sought sanctuary in the Kurdistan region of Iraq (KR-I).
They join more than 214 000 registered Syrian refugees, mostly in northern Iraq.
Photo credit: EU/ECHO/Caroline Gluck
Iraq: Tackling multi-layered humanitarian crisis
At the border
Hundreds of Syrian families continue arrive every day at the Ibrahim Khalil checkpoint, on the Turkey-Iraq border, fleeing fighting around their homes in Kobane and neighbouring areas in southern Syria. Since mid-September, more than 10 000 Syrian refugees have sought sanctuary in the Kurdistan region of Iraq (KR-I).
They join more than 214 000 registered Syrian refugees, mostly in northern Iraq.
Photo credit: EU/ECHO/Caroline Gluck