1 6 | PA PE R L E S S PE O PL E O F P O S T- C O N F L I C T I R A Q individual who can provide a medical certificate that proves he or she is the caregiver of a person with a disability rate above 50% is entitled to register. The caregiver of the person with a disability then receives a quarterly allowance of 105,000 IQD. Social safety net services are provided by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) for low-income families, unemployed and disabled people. To qualify for this ongoing cash assistance, applicants require the civil ID and nationality certificate for all household members, as well as a residency card. That said, registration for MoLSA cash assistance has been closed since June 2016, and no reliable forecasts have been provided as to when it will re-open. CHILD WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES IN HAWIJA DENIED HEALTHCARE Ahmed’s son Mithaq, who is 5 years old, was born in Hawija under IS group occupation and was unable to obtain a birth certificate or civil ID. He was born with a disability and requires specific care. Due to his lack of documents, he is neither accepted in hospitals for treatment nor eligible for the disability allowance. The family’s movement is also restricted due to a lack of papers. “Because he has no papers, we can’t get him appropriate medicine. We can’t move from Hawija for the same reason, so he is condemned to stay here without treatment,” says his father. On top of that, Ahmed is also unable to obtain specific assistance provided by MoLSA for caretakers of people with disabilities. PDS REGISTRATION FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE Many FDG participants reported difficulties getting a new PDS card due to secondary displacement. For example, some people who were previously displaced in Kirkuk governorate, and were being issued temporary PDS cards, when later being displaced in Tikrit, they were refused new PDS cards unless returning to their area of origin. Consequently, some of the participants have to try and rely on their old PDS cards (issued from their area of origin before displacement), while others reported not having any PDS cards. Similarly, IDPs originally from Salah AlDin governorate reported not being able to register any change – including new children or a change in marital status – after they obtained their ration card (tamwinia) though their displacement. They were being issued a temporary ration card by the Ration card center of Salah Al-Din, while their original ration card that was issued prior to displacement is now frozen. ACCESS TO JOBS Job opportunities in the formal sector for people without papers are extremely limited. The most common obstacle to formal employment identified by respondents was the general lack of job opportunities, including in cities like Mosul or Ramadi. The majority of people who were surveyed across Anbar, Ninewa, and Salah Al-Din governorates reported being unemployed. Those who did have a job said it was daily work, within Iraq’s large informal sector. Those who had work explained that the wages were insufficient to live a dignified life. A combination of the civil ID, PDS card and residency card were frequently mentioned