Iraq: country policy and information notes

  • Published the country bulletin on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns (update following setting aside of country guidance).

  • ‘Country bulletin: internal relocation, civil documentation and returns, Iraq, May 2026’ removed as it’s no longer current and not being replaced.

  • Information on the humanitarian situation in Iraq removed.

  • Removed the Country policy and information note: security situation, Iraq, November 2022 as it is no longer current and not being replaced.

  • Published the country bulletin: internal relation, civil documentation and returns, Iraq, May 2026.

  • Removed outdated guidance on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.

  • Updated country policy and information note on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.

  • Updated country policy and information note on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.

  • Published the country policy and information note: actors of protection, Iraq, September 2025.

  • Published the country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, Iraq, July 2025.

  • Removed Country policy and information note: Sunni (Arab) Muslims, Iraq, January 2021, which was out of date.

  • Updated the ‘Country policy and information note: opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Iraq, July 2023’ with minor formatting changes.

  • Published a new version of the country policy and information note: religious minorities, Iraq.

  • Information on perceived collaborators removed as it is out of date.

  • Updated the ‘Country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues’.

  • Published ‘Country policy and information note: Iraq Blood feuds, honour crimes and tribal violence, Iraq, July 2024’. This replaces and combines previous ‘Iraq ‘honour’ crimes, March 2021′ and ‘blood feuds, Iraq, February 2020’.

  • Updated and accessible version of ‘Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns’ added.

  • Information on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns in Iraq has been updated.

  • Added information on opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).

  • Country policy and information note: Iraq, opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), June 2021 has been removed as it is no longer relevant.

  • Humanitarian situation: updated the country of origin information following the February 2023 review commissioned by the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information. Added an executive summary.

  • Information on the security situation published.

  • Removed outdated guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM).

  • Added Country policy and information note: humanitarian situation, Iraq, August 2022.

  • Information on “Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns” updated.

  • Updated information on ‘internal relocation, civil documentation and returns’ published.

  • Information note on Ba’athists removed as it is no longer valid.

  • Updated country policy and information note: perceived collaborators and added an accessible HTML version.

  • Updated country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.

  • Added Country policy and information note: religious minorities, Iraq, July 2021.

  • Political opinion in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) – August 2017 country policy and information note replaced with new opposition to the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) country policy and information note.

  • Added a new document ‘Country policy and information note: Iraq ‘honour’ crimes, March 2021′.

  • Updated country policy and information note: medical and healthcare issues, Iraq to January 2021 edition.

  • Updated country policy and information note: Sunni (Arab) Muslims, Iraq, to January 2021 edition.

  • Added country policy and information note: actors of protection, Iraq, December 2020.

  • Updated note on internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.

  • Updated country policy and information notes on the security and humanitarian situation in Iraq and internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.

  • Added Country policy and information note: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Iraq, February 2020.

  • Uploaded Country policy and information note: blood feuds, Iraq, February 2020.

  • Removed ‘Country policy and information note: Ba’athists, Iraq, November 2016’ and replaced attachment with ‘Country policy and information note: Ba’athists, Iraq, January 2020’.

  • Updated country information and guidance: religious minorities, Iraq

  • New medical and healthcare issues guidance.

  • Uploaded new internal relocation document.

  • Updated country policy and information note on perceived collaborators, February 2019.

  • Updated country policy and information note on security and humanitarian situation.

  • Updated Iraq: Internal relocation, civil documentation and returns

  • Updated to add Country Policy and Information Note: Iraq: sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, October 2018

  • Updated country policy and information note: internal relocation, civil documentation and returns.

  • Note on perceived collaborators added.

  • Added new country policy and information notes on return/internal relocation.

  • Updated page with new documents.

  • New country policy and information notes on return/internal relocation and Sunni (Arab) Muslims.

  • New country policy and information note on security and humanitarian situation.

  • First published.

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