MEAC Findings Report 28 Coming Home: The Return and Reintegration of Families with Perceived ISIL Affiliation in Iraq

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report was produced through a bilateral partnership with, and support from, UNDP Iraq. This report was made possible thanks to UNDP programs funded by the Government of Japan.

In 2022, when this research featured in this report was undertaken, MEAC benefited from additional funding and partnership for related research in Iraq from IOM Iraq and Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). The broader MEAC project and accompanying case studies are supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO); the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs; and the UN Development Programme (UNDP); and was run in partnership with the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR); the Secretariat of the Regional Strategy for Stabilisation, Recovery and Resilience; UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO); UNICEF; and the World Bank.

The research detailed in this report was carried out in partnership with the Iraq-based research firm Optimum Analysis. The MEAC research team is grateful for the insights and support from its local team of advisors, who reviewed the conceptual framework and draft tools and shared expert knowledge on the Iraq context: Dr Marsin Alshamary, Melisande Genat, Sajad Jiyad, and Dr Mara Revkin. Thanks also to Elaf Khalid who supported with fieldwork.