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Mexico: Limited response to displacement following local and regional conflicts

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Outskirts of San Cristóbal de las
Casas in Chiapas, Mexico
(IDMC/2007)
Mexico’s southern states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero have witnessed forced internal displacement caused by a number of insurgencies seeking cultural and territorial autonomy and by national security forces using repressive measures to defeat them.

Between 5,000 and 8,000 people are still displaced in Chiapas by the Zapatista uprising and the ongoing campaign to defeat the Zapatistas. A political settlement is needed to solve the situation and to enable durable solutions for the internally displaced people (IDPs). While the scale of displacement in Oaxaca and Guerrero has not been determined, the events which triggered displacement – including human rights violations by the army and local disputes over land and territory – are ongoing, and make solutions unlikely.(...)

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23 December 2009



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Internal Displacement Profile

"Resumen del Informe en español","Resumen del Informe en español"
"Causes and Background","Background","Causes of displacement","Peace efforts"
"Population Figures and Profile","Global figures","Geographical distribution","Disaggregated data"
"Patterns of Displacement","General"
"Physical Security & Freedom of Movement","Physical security","Freedom of movement"
"Subsistence Needs","General","Food","Health","Water and sanitation","Shelter and non-food items"
"Access to Education","General"
"Issues of Self-Reliance and Public Participation","General","Public participation"
"Documentation Needs and Citizenship","General"
"Issues of Family Unity, Identity and Culture","General"
"Property Issues","General"
"Patterns of Return and Resettlement","Return","Resettlement"
"Humanitarian Access","General"
"National and International Responses","National Response","International Response","Selected NGO activities","Selected activities of the Red Cross Movement","Recommendations","Reference to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement"

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