Assessing urgent needs as 500,000 Iraqis flee violence

Mercy Corps is quickly assessing needs after hundreds of thousands of people fled Mosul, Iraq after a violent takeover on Tuesday. 

The country is already host to 200,000 Syrian refugees, and meeting the needs of the estimated 500,000 newly displaced will stretch already scarce resources even further. Learn more about the urgent situation.

Mercy Corps is a leading global humanitarian agency saving and improving lives in the world’s toughest places.