Surge of refugees puts strain on Iraqi town
Close to 200,000 people fleeing Anbar Province seek refuge in Samarra putting more pressure on struggling town.
Published On 31 Mar 2014
Almost half a million Iraqis have fled their homes in the province of Anbar after a military operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a group linked to al-Qaeda.
Almost 200,000 have fled to a town north of Baghdad, where residents are already struggling to cope.
The Anbar refugees are clearly putting a strain on Samarra, which has a population of 300,000.
Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports from Samarra.