#UN Readies for Refugee Exodus from #Iraq’s #Mosul
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Local Editor
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis in and around Mosul could be uprooted by the military assault to retake city from Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"], the UN refugee agency UNHCR said Tuesday.
"In Mosul we believe the displacement situation may be about to dramatically worsen," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards told a briefing, saying the agency needed more land for camps.
"The humanitarian impact of the military offensive is expected to be enormous, up to 1.2 million people could be affected."
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