UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — The UNHCR, in cooperation with a number of other UN bodies and NGOs, has established a number of camps for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Iraq.
"The UN Refugee Agency is concerned about a rising trend of newly-displaced Iraqis being forcibly transferred to camps where restrictions on their freedom of movement are imposed in a manner disproportionate to any legitimate concern, including those related to security," UNHCR spokesman Leo Dobbs was quoted as saying on the agency's website.
He added that the cases of concern took place in the Anbar, Kirkuk, Nineveh and Salah al-Din provinces.
The insurgency has significantly damaged the country's economy and triggered a humanitarian disaster, with some 4 millions of Iraqi citizens having become internally displaced, according to the UNHCR.
