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Displaced Iraqis load a lorry as they prepare to leave the Hammam Al Alil camp. Reuters
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An Iraqi boy sits in a bus transporting displaced families from a displaced persons camp in Habbaniyah in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP
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Iraqis sit in a bus transporting displaced families from the camp in Habbaniyah in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP
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Iraqi soldiers secure buses transporting displaced families from the displaced persons camp in Habbaniyah. AFP
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Iraqi soldiers escort buses taking displaced families from the Habbaniyah camp. AFP
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Dismantled tents are all that is left after families were moved out of the Habbaniyah Tourist Camp. AFP
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An abandoned tent at the Habbaniyah Tourist Camp, about 80 kilometres west of Baghdad. AFP
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A displaced Iraqi woman packs her belongings as she prepares to be evacuated from the Hammam Al Alil camp south of Mosul in Nineveh province. Reuters
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An Iraqi boy walks though the displaced persons camp in Habbaniyah in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP
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A girl plays on a swing at the Hammam Al Alil camp as displaced Iraqis prepare to be moved out. Reuters
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Displaced Iraqis load their belongings on to a lorry as they prepare to leave Hammam Al Alil camp. Reuters
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An Iraqi man dismantles his tent as he prepares to leave at Hammam Al Alil camp south of Mosul. Reuters
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Displaced Iraqis ride on a lorry as they are evacuated from the Hammam Al Alil camp. Reuters
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Displaced Iraqis load a lorry as they prepare to leave the Hammam Al Alil camp. Reuters
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An Iraqi boy sits in a bus transporting displaced families from a displaced persons camp in Habbaniyah in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP
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Iraqis sit in a bus transporting displaced families from the camp in Habbaniyah in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP
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Iraqi soldiers secure buses transporting displaced families from the displaced persons camp in Habbaniyah. AFP
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Iraqi soldiers escort buses taking displaced families from the Habbaniyah camp. AFP
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Dismantled tents are all that is left after families were moved out of the Habbaniyah Tourist Camp. AFP
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An abandoned tent at the Habbaniyah Tourist Camp, about 80 kilometres west of Baghdad. AFP
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A displaced Iraqi woman packs her belongings as she prepares to be evacuated from the Hammam Al Alil camp south of Mosul in Nineveh province. Reuters
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An Iraqi boy walks though the displaced persons camp in Habbaniyah in Iraq's Anbar province. AFP
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A girl plays on a swing at the Hammam Al Alil camp as displaced Iraqis prepare to be moved out. Reuters
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Displaced Iraqis load their belongings on to a lorry as they prepare to leave Hammam Al Alil camp. Reuters
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An Iraqi man dismantles his tent as he prepares to leave at Hammam Al Alil camp south of Mosul. Reuters
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Displaced Iraqis ride on a lorry as they are evacuated from the Hammam Al Alil camp. Reuters
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Displaced Iraqis load a lorry as they prepare to leave the Hammam Al Alil camp. Reuters
‘I can’t go back’: Iraq’s displaced families face yet more hardship as camps close
Since late October, 15 camps have been closed in different areas, while still seven others will be closed in the coming weeks
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16 November, 2020
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