Internally Displaced Persons - unhcr
Internally Displaced Persons - unhcr
Internally Displaced Persons - unhcr
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UNHCR/M. KAMBER/DP/DRC•2003<br />
At least three million people have been killed and millions displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<br />
B How many internally<br />
displaced persons are<br />
there?<br />
The Special Representative of the U.N.<br />
Secretary-General for <strong>Internally</strong><br />
<strong>Displaced</strong> <strong>Persons</strong> estimates there are as<br />
many as 25 million in 50 countries. Half of<br />
the overall total are in Africa. UNHCR cares<br />
for 5.8 million people from this group, in<br />
addition to some 10.4 million refugees.<br />
B How do IDPs differ from<br />
refugees?<br />
Both groups often leave their homes for<br />
similar reasons. Civilians become<br />
internationally recognized as ‘refugees’<br />
when they cross an international frontier to<br />
seek sanctuary in another country. The<br />
internally displaced, so-called IDPs, remain,<br />
for whatever reason, in their own states.<br />
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS • 2004<br />
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