55,000 Civilians Flee Ramadi: UN
BAGHDAD
Close to 55,000 people have fled Ramadi since Islamic State captured the city, a United Nations agency said, with most of the displaced persons heading to Baghdad.
The United Nations Population Fund said close to 55,000 left Ramadi after the IS takeover and headed east to Baghdad.
An estimated 4,000 families, comprising 24,000 individuals, arrived from Khalidiyah on Saturday and another 3,000-5,000 families are expected to arrive in coming days, UNFPA said.
UNFPA is helping women and girls among the displaced persons by distributing 2,173 dignity kits in the Baghdad area through local partners. The UNFPA website says dignity kits contain hygiene supplies such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, sanitary pads and underclothes.
UNFPA said 150 dignity kits were sent to the Qurato Camp in the Sulimaniyah Governorate and 2,800 kits will be sent to to the city of Habbaniyeh in Anbar. UNFPA says it has distributed 66,000 dignity kits since June 2014.
The Islmamic States militants swept into Ramadi on May 17, tightening control of the Anbar province in western Iraq.
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