ABSTRACT

Apart from the boundary issues, other long-term problems remain. There are some 10,00015,000 refugees of Palestinian origin together with 11,800 from Iran and 16,800 from Turkey. There are also large numbers of IDPs, although the number has declined from the recorded peak of 2.4 million in 2007. Iraq remains a source and destination for traffi cking for sex and forced labour and is on the Tier Two Watch List.