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An ethnic Uzbek standing infront of the remains of herhome, which was destroyedduring violence in Kyrgyzstanin 2010.Colombia | Astruggle for rightsOverlooked by the restof the world, decades ofviolent internal conflict…DRC | Life on therun Fighting rages on invarious parts of the easternDRC, with seemingly noend…20 UNHCR Global Trends 2010
VInternally Displaced PersonsUNHCR did not have the capacity to protect and assist all conflictgeneratedIDPs, globally estimated at some 27.5 million at the end of 2010. (21)Since the introduction of the inter-agency cluster approach in January 2006,UNHCR has become increasingly involved with IDPs as part of a broadereffort of the United Nations system and of other participating organizations.In 2010, in the context of its responsibilities within the cluster approach,UNHCR expressed its willingness to increase its engagement with theprotection of persons displaced by natural disasters.UNHCR / S. SchulmanThe number OF internallydisplaced persons,includingpeople in IDP-like situations (22)who benefited from UNHCR’sprotection and assistance activitiesstood at 14.7 million at the end of2010. This was down by 930,000 from2009 but nonetheless the second highestfigure in UNHCR’s history, and doublethe number since the activation of thecluster approach in 2005 (6.6 million).The decrease was mainly due to IDPreturns in Pakistan (1.2 million) (23) andthe Democratic Republic of the Congo(461,000). Overall, more than 2.9 millionIDPs returned home during thereporting period, the highest numberin almost 15 years. At the same time,UNHCR offices reported at least 1.3million newly displaced people in 2010.UNHCR statistics include IDP populationsin 24 countries.In Colombia, where GovernmentIDP registration began in 1997, therewere 3.6 million registered IDPs reportedat year end. (24)Renewed armed conflict in thenorth-east of the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo displaced more than 130,000people in 2010.By the end of the year, the numberof IDPs was estimated at 1.7 million,down from 2.1 million the year earlierfollowing the return of several hundredsof thousands. Pakistan witnessedthe return of almost 1.2 million IDPs in2010, bringing the estimate of IDPs to952,000. Over the past two years, about2.3 million IDPs returned to their homein Pakistan.21 Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre(IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).22 The IDP-like situations refer to Georgia (124,000),Kyrgyzstan (20,000), the Russian Federation (22,200), andSudan (76,100).23 This figure includes spontaneous returns in 2009 thatcould only be verified in 2010.24 It is important to note that the figure of 3.3 million isan accumulated figure dating back to 1997 and that theGovernment has highlighted an under-registration of 21per cent (see report by the National Government to theConstitutional Court, Judgment T-025/2004).UNHCR Global Trends 201021
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