Iraq: country policy and information notes
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Updates to this page
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Updated country policy and information note on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.
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Published the country policy and information note: actors of protection, Iraq, September 2025.
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Published the country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, Iraq, July 2025.
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Removed Country policy and information note: Sunni (Arab) Muslims, Iraq, January 2021, which was out of date.
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Updated the 'Country policy and information note: opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Iraq, July 2023' with minor formatting changes.
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Published a new version of the country policy and information note: religious minorities, Iraq.
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Information on perceived collaborators removed as it is out of date.
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Updated the 'Country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues'.
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Published 'Country policy and information note: Iraq Blood feuds, honour crimes and tribal violence, Iraq, July 2024'. This replaces and combines previous 'Iraq 'honour' crimes, March 2021' and 'blood feuds, Iraq, February 2020'.
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Updated and accessible version of 'Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns' added.
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Information on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns in Iraq has been updated.
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Added information on opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).
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Country policy and information note: Iraq, opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), June 2021 has been removed as it is no longer relevant.
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Humanitarian situation: updated the country of origin information following the February 2023 review commissioned by the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information. Added an executive summary.
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Information on the security situation published.
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Removed outdated guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM).
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Added Country policy and information note: humanitarian situation, Iraq, August 2022.
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Information on "Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns" updated.
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Updated information on 'internal relocation, civil documentation and returns' published.
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Information note on Ba’athists removed as it is no longer valid.
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Updated country policy and information note: perceived collaborators and added an accessible HTML version.
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Updated country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
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Added Country policy and information note: religious minorities, Iraq, July 2021.
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Political opinion in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) - August 2017 country policy and information note replaced with new opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) country policy and information note.
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Added a new document 'Country policy and information note: Iraq 'honour' crimes, March 2021'.
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Updated country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues, Iraq to January 2021 edition.
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Updated country policy and information note: Sunni (Arab) Muslims, Iraq, to January 2021 edition.
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Added country policy and information note: actors of protection, Iraq, December 2020.
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Updated note on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.
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Updated country policy and information notes on the security and humanitarian situation in Iraq and internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.
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Added Country policy and information note: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Iraq, February 2020.
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Uploaded Country policy and information note: blood feuds, Iraq, February 2020.
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Removed 'Country policy and information note: Ba’athists, Iraq, November 2016' and replaced attachment with 'Country policy and information note: Ba’athists, Iraq, January 2020'.
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Updated country information and guidance: religious minorities, Iraq
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New medical and healthcare issues guidance.
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Uploaded new internal relocation document.
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Updated country policy and information note on perceived collaborators, February 2019.
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Updated country policy and information note on security and humanitarian situation.
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Updated Iraq: Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns
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Updated to add Country Policy and Information Note: Iraq: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, October 2018
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Updated country policy and information note: internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.
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Note on perceived collaborators added.
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Added new country policy and information notes on return/internal relocation.
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Updated page with new documents.
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New country policy and information notes on return/internal relocation and Sunni (Arab) Muslims.
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New country policy and information note on security and humanitarian situation.
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