A/HRC/34/53/Add.1 work, employment opportunities are few. Internally displaced persons called for better service provision in camps and other locations, improved shelter and education facilities, and medical and more psychosocial support for those suffering trauma. One Yazidi stated: “We will lose a generation because of the lack of education.” 50. While many have been granted free access to areas of safety such as the Kurdistan region, others have experienced restrictions on their freedom of movement and ability to access safety, often on the basis of their identity. Sunni internally displaced persons, who constitute a minority in some regions, including the Kurdistan region, have had particular difficulties owing to perceptions that they pose a security threat. Some community members have reportedly been detained on security grounds for long periods without trial, leading to family break-up. 51. While the Government’s strong preference is for internally displaced persons to return to their places of origin, one interviewee stated: “We should decide our destinations and our fate. How can I live in my own place with people who think of me as an infidel?” The right of internally displaced persons to freely decide whether they wish to return must be respected, and they must be fully consulted. It was evident from interviews in internally displaced person camps that many no longer wish to return, or will do so only with guarantees of protection. Surveys conducted by the Global Protection Cluster and UNHCR in 2015 revealed that in central and southern Iraq only some 42 per cent of internally displaced persons intended to return to their area of origin, while some 35 per cent had not made a decision. When all governorates, including the Kurdistan region, were analysed collectively, the number of those intending to return dropped to only 22 per cent. 12 52. In internally displaced person camps for Yazidi in the Dohuk region, nongovernmental organizations noted that many young people were deciding to leave the country rather than stay in camps or return to devastated towns. For some, the trauma of their experiences made return difficult. Others felt that the destruction of their homes and the symbols of their identity in liberated cities such as Sinjar left them little to return to. For those who do not wish to return, measures must be taken to quickly move them from camps or temporary shelter into appropriate housing and to initiate livelihood projects as well as to ensure their religious and cultural rights. There is a need to establish durable solutions for internally displaced communities which, where return is not possible or desired, should include local integration or resettlement elsewhere in the country. 53. In view of the displacement crisis and its disproportionate impact on minorities, the Special Rapporteur also supports the adoption at the earliest opportunity of a law on internally displaced persons. It should explicitly recognize the rights of all ethnic and religious groups to equal protection and to durable solutions. Minorities also highlighted the need for a comprehensive national security strategy to be adopted, followed by security sector reform, to ensure long-term political and social stability in the country. 54. The situation of minority ethnic and religious communities displaced by conflict and violence prior to the rise of ISIL must not be forgotten or neglected. They include thousands displaced by Saddam Hussein under the “Arabization” campaign. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre notes that despite some government initiatives, few of those affected by long periods of displacement had sought assistance owing to factors including lack of the required documents, inability to afford fees and fear of retribution. It notes that reliable information on the population of persons who have suffered a protracted 12 14 Global Protection Cluster and UNHCR, Iraq Internally Displaced Persons: Protection Monitoring Dashboard — Center and South, May-December 2015.