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Iraqi refugees flee ISIS
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have fled to Kurdistan as fighting between government forces and ISIS continues in the country’s main cities. Temporary displacement camps have been set up, but many refugees have been denied entry by Kurdish soldiers due to the high numbers. The families who have been turned away, many with very young and sometimes sick children, as well as elderly men and women, have no shelter and little water and food.
Desperate Iraqi women at the Khazair displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul wait for food and other items being dispensed by the Iraqi Red Crescent society on June 30, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Desperate Iraqis at the Khazair displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul, wait for food and other items being dispensed by the Iraqi Red Crescent society on June 30, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region (Getty Images)
Desperate Iraqi’s at the Khazair displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul wait for food and other items being dispensed by the Iraqi Red Crescent society on June 30, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Desperate Iraqis at the Khazair displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul, receive food and other items being dispensed by the Iraqi Red Crescent society on June 30, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Desperate Iraqi’s at the Khazair displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul, chase a Red Crescent society truck delivering food and other items on June 30, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Desperate Iraqi’s at the Khazair displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul, wait for food and other items being dispensed by the Iraqi Red Crescent society on June 30, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
A child walks through a dust storm at the Khazair displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul on June 30, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Bottled water is prepared for distribution during a dust storm at the Khazair displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul on June 30, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Over 1000 Iraqis who have fled fighting in and around the city of Mosul and Tal Afar wait at a Kurdish checkpoint in the hopes of entering a temporary displacement camp on July 1, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The families, many with small and sick children, had no shelter and little water and food. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Over 1000 Iraqis who have fled fighting in and around the city of Mosul and Tal Afar wait at a Kurdish checkpoint in the hopes of entering a temporary displacement camp on July 1, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The families, many with small and sick children, had no shelter and little water and food. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
An Iraqi woman holds her exhausted son as over 1000 Iraqis who have fled fighting in and around the city of Mosul and Tal Afar wait at a Kurdish checkpoint in the hopes of entering a temporary displacement camp on July 1, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The families, many with small and sick children, had no shelter and little water and food. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Over 1000 Iraqis who have fled fighting in and around the city of Mosul and Tal Afar wait at a Kurdish checkpoint in the hopes of entering a temporary displacement camp on July 1, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The families, many with small and sick children, had no shelter and little water and food. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Displaced Iraqi’s consume water from a temporary faucet as thousands of Iraqis who have fled recent fighting in the cities of Mosul and Tal Afar try to enter a temporary displacement camp but are blocked by Kurdish soldiers on July 2, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The families, many with small and sick children, have no shelter and little water and food. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
An Iraqi man prays near an entrance to a camp as thousands of Iraqis who have fled recent fighting in the cities of Mosul and Tal Afar try to enter a temporary displacement camp but are blocked by Kurdish soldiers on July 2, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The families, many with small and sick children, have no shelter and little water and food. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
A family with sick children takes shelter under a sheet as thousands of Iraqis who have fled recent fighting in the cities of Mosul and Tal Afar try to enter a temporary displacement camp but are blocked by Kurdish soldiers on July 2, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The families, many with small and sick children, have no shelter and little water and food. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
Iraqis who have fled recent fighting walk in a temporary displacement camp on July 2, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. The displacement camp Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP’s) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Getty Images)
