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Map 3IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR | end of 2010RUSSIAN FEDERATIONBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAcroatiageorgiakyrgyzstanserbia*iraqazerbaijanafghanistansudanpakistanmyanmarchadyemencolombiacôte d’ivoirecentral african rep.ugandasomaliasri lankaphilippineskenyaDem. rep. of the congoburundiIDP population3,000,0001,500,000* Serbia (and Kosovo: UNSCR 1244)300,000The situation in central and southernSomalia further deteriorated, leadingto the displacement of hundreds ofthousands of people in 2010. The estimatednumber of IDPs in Somalia stoodat about 1.5 million by year end.In Sudan, the number of IDPs protectedor assisted by UNHCR was approximately1.6 million by the end ofthe year. (25) Since the signing of a comprehensivepeace agreement in January2005 between the Sudanese Governmentin Khartoum and the Sudan People’sLiberation Army, some 2 milliondisplaced people have returned to theircommunities in Southern Sudan andthe so-called ‘Three Areas’ of Abyei,Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan. Alarge number of southerners livingin the North, including an unknownnumber of IDPs, have made their wayto South Sudan during the course of theyear, ahead of the referendum on independencewhich took place in January2011.In Iraq, although close to 300,000people were able to return home in 2010,an estimated 1.3 million remained dis-25 According to IDMC estimates, the number of IDPs inSudan is estimated at up to 5.2 million.placed within the country by the end ofthe year. Some 303,000 IDPs in Ugandawere also able to return to their villagesin the course of the year, reducing theIDP population remaining in campsand transit sites to 126,000. Both IDPsand IDP returnees in Uganda continuedto benefit from UNHCR’s protectionand assistance activities under thecluster approach in order to ensure thatall individuals, especially the extremelyvulnerable, can find a durable solutionin the course of 2011.Kyrgyzstan witnessed extensive newinternal displacement in mid-2010. Atthe peak of the crisis, UNHCR estimatedthat up to 400,000 people wereaffected. By the end of year, an estimated80,000 persons were consideredinternally displaced in Kyrgyzstan, including20,000 people in an IDP-likesituation. •Fig. 10 IDP returns protected/assisted by UNHCR| 2001-20103.02.52.01.51.00.50(in millions)‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10UNHCR / H. Caux22 UNHCR Global Trends 2010