Iraq's Refugee Crisis Now Numbers One Million Internally Displaced Persons

Iraq's Displaced Top One Million -- Voice of America

GENEVA — The International Organization for Migration reports fighting in Iraq between Islamic State rebels and Kurdish Peshmerga military has pushed the number of internally displaced people in Iraq to over one million. IOM says this is the highest number of IDPs in Iraq since the Islamist advance began in January.



According to IOM, more than 54 percent of Iraq's displaced have fled their homes since June. That is when Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, began an accelerated push for territory in northern Iraq.



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WNU Editor: The above CNN video is a revealing report from Ivan Watson on how an unfinished Iraqi church is now being used by hundreds of displaced Iraqis who are hiding from ISIS.