UNHCR opened a new camp in Hasansham in northern Iraq on Friday to help accommodate the largest displacement of people from Mosul since the start of the offensive to retake Iraq’s second city began last month.

An estimated 5,000 people have already been received at the nearby government-run Khazer camp. The first families began arriving at UNHCR’s newly built Hasansham camp at noon and soon reached an estimated 3,000 people.

Previously, the number of Iraqis displaced since the start of the military offensive on October 17 had reached more than 22,000, with the latest arrivals pushing the total to around 30,000. The UN has estimated that more than one million people could ultimately be displaced from their homes.

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