The Long Journey Home: Internally Displaced People and Refugees--.... .
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Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 8Environment. Publisher: IRIN News Service, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Forced migration | Internally displaced persons | Refugees | United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In at least 50 countries around the world, an estimated 35 million uprooted people are living in a state of flight from conflict and persecution, while many other millions have been displaced by natural disasters, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). A large proportion of these uprooted people are classified as 'Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)'--people who, through natural disaster or conflict, have had to flee their homes but have stayed within their state of origin. Unlike refugees, IDPs do not cross an international border." (IRIN NEWS SERVICE) This article describes the plight of internally displaced persons, who until recently "were neglected by the international community, and the mechanisms for assistance and legal protection."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Long Journey Home: Internally Displaced People and Refugees--..., Feb. 2005; pp. n.p..
"In at least 50 countries around the world, an estimated 35 million uprooted people are living in a state of flight from conflict and persecution, while many other millions have been displaced by natural disasters, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). A large proportion of these uprooted people are classified as 'Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)'--people who, through natural disaster or conflict, have had to flee their homes but have stayed within their state of origin. Unlike refugees, IDPs do not cross an international border." (IRIN NEWS SERVICE) This article describes the plight of internally displaced persons, who until recently "were neglected by the international community, and the mechanisms for assistance and legal protection."
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