65,000 Iraqis flee homes, violence

The Iraqi Government says at least 65,000 people may have fled their homes as a result of sectarian violence and intimidation.

Reports of people leaving their homes because of violence or intimidation, or simply because they no longer feel safe are becoming more and more common.

New figures from Iraq's Ministry for Displacement and Migration reflect this - almost 11,000 families have now left their homes.

Much of this displacement is taking place in and around Baghdad where the violence has been worst.

But there are also significant movements elsewhere.

Hundreds of Sunnis from the overwhelmingly Shiite south have been heading north.
Some of the intimidation is being carried out by mobile phone.

People have been receiving threatening text messages, but also gruesome videos filmed on mobile phone cameras.

-BBC

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