IDPs return home to work in their fields
SNUNY, Kurdistan Region—Some families have left refugee camps in the Kurdistan Region and returned to their homes in Snuny, north of Sinjar, where they have started farming their fields.
Whole families, who were internally displaced by the Islamic State, are in their fields from morning to evening, planting cucumber, eggplant, wheat, and grain crops.
Landmines are still a concern, however. A local official noted that only some of the land has been cleared of the explosives.
The returned families are also not receiving support from either the Kurdistan Region or the Iraqi governments and face difficulties getting supplies as roads to Erbil and Duhok remain closed.
But the families, about a quarter of the local population, are happy to be back in their own homes, working their fields and state that, if they had government support, more families would also return to the area.
Whole families, who were internally displaced by the Islamic State, are in their fields from morning to evening, planting cucumber, eggplant, wheat, and grain crops.
Landmines are still a concern, however. A local official noted that only some of the land has been cleared of the explosives.
The returned families are also not receiving support from either the Kurdistan Region or the Iraqi governments and face difficulties getting supplies as roads to Erbil and Duhok remain closed.
But the families, about a quarter of the local population, are happy to be back in their own homes, working their fields and state that, if they had government support, more families would also return to the area.