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The Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displacement said Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) don’t contribute to an overload of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that cause an electricity shortage. Mohammed noted less than one million Iraqi displaced people have now been settled in the Kurdistan Region, which previously was 1.4 million. As the Islamic State (ISIS) overran large swaths in Iraq in June 2014, thousands of Iraqis fled their homes and headed towards the Kurdistan Region. KRG officials repeatedly say the Iraqi government’s humanitarian assistance to the region hasn’t been sufficient to deal with the displaced people.They also say it is a reason for the economic crisis which has faced the KRG since 2014, after drop of oil prices and budget share cut from Baghdad.