At least 65,000 Iraqis have fled their homes as a result of sectarian violence and intimidation, according to new figures from the Iraqi government.
And the rate at which Iraqis are being displaced is increasing.
Figures given to the BBC by the Ministry for Displacement and Migration show a doubling in the last two weeks of the number of Iraqis forced to move.
There has been a sharp rise in sectarian violence since the bombing of an important Shia shrine in February.
You know what I found so fasicnating about this? The use of cell phones.
Some of the intimidation is being carried out by mobile phone.
People have been receiving threatening text messages and gruesome videos filmed on mobile phone cameras.
In one, a Sunni Iraqi man who entered a mainly Shia neighbourhood of Baghdad is seen being beaten and killed by men in black clothes.
The video was then sent out with the warning that this is what would happen to any other Sunni who came to the area.
Can you see us beating him now?
Can you see us beating him now?
How about now?
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