GENEVA – The International Organization for Migration says the displacement of people in Iraq has slowed to a trickle this year and that some of the country's 2.8 million uprooted have been encouraged to go home.

But the 122-nation body says in a report Friday that most displaced Iraqis continue to face dire living conditions. They struggle to find decent shelter, food, health care, water and other basic services.

Those who cannot depend on relatives for housing face spiraling rents. Others live in mud huts or squat in public buildings in constant fear of eviction.

IOM says most Iraqis would still prefer to return to their old neighborhoods. However, many of their properties have been occupied, claimed by others or destroyed.