Mosul – With the battle for West Mosul all but over last week, evidence of a humanitarian calamity that is now just beginning to unravel paints the picture of a crisis that may go well beyond previous expectations.

Zimbabwe - On 15 and 16 July, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) distributed emergency shelter kits and non-food items to 319 households (1,595 individuals) in Tsholotsho District, Matabeleland North Province, who were displaced by floods in February 2017. The aim of this assistance is to provide protection and restore the dignity of displaced households through the provision of emergency shelter materials, cooking utensils, clothes and sanitary materials.

Iraq - As the battle to retake west Mosul approached its conclusion this week, the IOM Iraq Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reported an estimated 380,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Iraq - IOM’s decision to temporarily suspend its emergency activities and relocate non-local staff was made together with it's partners at the Qayara sites.

Afghanistan - One in six people is either a returnee or an internally displaced person (IDP) in the nine Afghan provinces of Baghlan, Balkh, Kabul, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman, Nangarhar, Paktia, and Takhar, according to the second round of IOM’s Afghan Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) published today (7/7).

Ukraine – Over the weekend, a market sprung up in the centre of Ukraine’s capital city. Traders came to Kyiv from all over the country. Their wares ranged from soap to honey, from toys to furniture – but everyone had one thing in common. They had all experienced unexpected journeys, whether fleeing the conflict that has cost 10,000 lives in the east, surviving human trafficking, or simply failing to find work and ending up in a difficult situation.

Iraq – Three million Iraqis remain internally displaced across the country.