The relocation of Tel Afar's Turkmen will provide them with immediate safety, but may have long-term consequences both for them as an ethnic group and for Iraqi demographics.
Though attention may have shifted away from Darfur, the conflict is far from over. The internally displaced are being pressured to 'return' when the issues from which they fled have yet to be resolved.
Those internally displaced by the ISIS takeover in Iraq may seek refuge in KRG territory, but there future is uncertain as decisions are made about whom will be included in an independent Kurdistan.
