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Iraq | 20. Jul 2017

Surviving hardship of camp life

Millions of people have been displaced in Iraq by conflict in recent years. Many of them, like Muhammed Fatai and his family, were forced to flee more than once. Leaving everything they owned behind, they now face the reality of life in a displacement camp.

Afghanistan | 19. Jul 2017

Afghanistan: “The village smelled like explosives”

“Trees were uprooted, windows shattered and the village smelled like explosives,” said Sanam, a 40-year-old mother of five who recently had to flee from fighting in Kunduz.

Matindi-Sephora is 19 years old. She had to flee from Kaga Bandoro IDP camp, where she lived for three years, one month ago, after a Seleka attack which killed 37 people. She traveled to Bangui while she was pregnant. Her daughter, Elvira, borned just after her arrival. She was with her sister Mireille, 20 and her son Dieudonné. They would like to go back to Kaga Bandoro but they don't have money and it's difficult to them to be integrated in Ben Zvi IDP camp where 2,000 people are living for three years.

With the number of people food insecure almost doubling in the last year and other humanitarian needs still immense, the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) is getting worse, not better. Some 2.3 million people rely on humanitarian assistance – half the country’s population. An estimated 2 million people are food insecure, compared with 1.2 million people in 2016.

Date: 7 November 2016
Photo credit: NRC/ Edouard Dropsy

Africa|Central African Republic | 17. Jul 2017

Central African Republic spiralling into new crisis

Three years after armed groups in the Central African Republic signed a ceasefire agreement, more than one million people are displaced. “The number of families displaced from their homes has increased to a level we have not witnessed since the peak of the conflict in 2014,” warned Eric Batonon, Country Director for the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

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NRCs response to the Mosul crisis

IRAQ | MOSUL CRISIS

As of 18 April 2017, an estimated 400,000 people are currently living in displacement as a result of the military operations to retake Mosul.

NRC has assisted over 200,000 people who have fled Mosul since the 25 February with lifesaving assistance - food, water and shelter.

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Hans Christen Knævelsrud working on camp management for UNHCR in Zaatari Camp in Jordan (Photo: NRC/Christian Jepsen)

About NORCAP

NORCAP is the Norwegian Refugee Council’s expert deployment capacity. We aim to improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. We do this by bringing actors together and by sending experts to the UN and to national, regional and international organisations and institutions.

Shakiba (9) is giving a flower to Sara (4). They have both just arrived Chios, after fleeing from Afghanistan. In the background: Faribars (3).
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NORCAP works with partners on national, regional and international levels in order to contribute effectively to humanitarian operations. We provide expertise in various fields to support to a wide range of organisations and countries through the deployment of expert personnel.