The issue of internal displacement remains poorly understood despite the very large number of people involved.
Articles on Internally displaced persons
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An analysis of the data shows fears of large-scale migration from Africa to Europe are exaggerated.
With targeted support, refugees are more likely to gain employment, increase their savings and find safety if not housed in camps, study finds.
The effects of climate change do not affect everyone equally.
Only 4% of Mogadishu’s schools are run by the government.
Media coverage often focuses on those fleeing their country as refugees, while internally displaced people remain less visible and beholden to national governments.
Burkina Faso tops the list of the world’s most neglected crises in the world for the second time in a row.
Individuals, the government, faith-based groups and NGOs all offer support to those who have fled the herder-farmer conflict.
In 2018, Africa accounted for 70% of the world’s people displaced by armed conflict and human rights abuses.
A young woman in Lviv, Ukraine, writes about fleeing Russian aggression not once, but twice, since 2014 and explains the fierce desire to stay in her home country – a desire shared by many.
Refugee camps should only be a temporary solution. They’re no place for ongoing health care.
The standoff between Abiy Ahmed and the armed forces in Tigray has already caused thousands to flee their homes.
The situation in Cabo Delgado is dire. The international community needs to act fast to contain it.
Displaced people are particularly at risk from zoonotic diseases transmitted between animals and humans.
Cameroon’s English speaking people suffer gross marginalisation and are treated as second-class citizens by the Francophone government.
Ethiopia’s internally displaced populations are a stain on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s first term in office.
Building on our track record of support for refugee resettlement, Canada should stand up for those uprooted within their own countries and unable to reach our shores.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has had a mixed bag of success and failure.
Since 2000, 8.8 million Brazilians have been displaced by disaster, development and crime, new data shows. Now Venezuelan migrants are pouring into the country. Still, Brazil has no real refugee plan.
Since civil war broke out in the Central African Republic four years ago, citizens continue to live in fear. They say that peace will only come when the war criminals are brought to justice.
Top contributors
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Steinberg Postdoctoral Fellow in International Migration Law, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Faculty of Law, McGill University
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Full Professor, Political Science and International Development Studies, McGill University
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Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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Assistant professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Professor of Communication and Middle East Studies, Georgia State University
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Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies and Co-Director of the Migration Research Unit, UCL
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Lecturer in International Development, University of East London
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Associate Professor and Head of Humanitarian Research Program, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, UMass Boston
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Lecturer in Emergency Management, University of Tasmania
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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Former Lead Research Fellow at Uni of Warwick, Currently a Policy and Programme Officer at UNWFP, Chad, University of Warwick
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Sociology, Elon University