Latest UpdatesSee below a list of recent Internal Displacement Profile updates.
/77A6A31E3DDAF235C1257B2C004B060A/$file/serbia-cp-mar2013.jpg) 12 March 2013Serbia : Integration stalled In 1999, over 245,000 members of local minority communities fled from or within Kosovo in fear of reprisals from the majority Albanian population after NATO air strikes had forced the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops and ended years of oppression of ethnic Albanians. ... more
23 January 2013Sri Lanka : A hidden displacement crisisMore than three years after the end of the 26-year armed conflict between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), nearly 470,000 people displaced during its various stages have returned to their home areas. This does not mean, however, that there is no internal displacement in the country any more. As of the end of September 2012, more than 115,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) were still living in camps, with host communities or in transit sites, or had been relocated, often against their will, to areas other than their places of origin. ... more
/6BA7E6F871C3D595C1257AE200446132/$file/kenya-cp-dec2012.jpg) 28 December 2012Kenya : IDPs' significant needs remain as inter-communal violence increasesConflict and violence are on the rise in Kenya. In 2012 more than 118,000 people are estimated to have been newly displaced as a result of inter-communal and resource-based violence, linked to a combination of ethnic, political and economic factors. Tens of thousands more have been displaced as a result of natural disasters and development projects. ... more
/CC5DA862A779D6F2C1257ADA003CBE05/$file/haiti-cp-dec2012.jpg) 20 December 2012Haiti : A humanitarian crisis in need of a development solutionInternal displacement has been a frequent and significant part of Haiti’s history since its foundation in 1804. The current mix of inter-related causes includes frequent natural hazard-induced disasters, human rights violations, and large-scale development projects. These are dominated by the impacts of the major earthquake disaster of 12 January 2010, which displaced up to 2.3 million people, mostly from or within the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. ... more
/1E4C82038412767FC1257AD700524A73/$file/yemen-cp-dec2012.jpg) 17 December 2012Yemen : Internal displacement continues amid multiple crisesIn recent years, Yemen has simultaneously faced intermittent internal armed conflict in the northern governorate of Sa’ada, civil unrest and popular uprisings across the country, a resurgent separatist movement in the south and increasingly active Islamic militants in the south and elsewhere (International Crisis Group, 3 July 2012; OCHA, 17 August 2012; Chatham House, January 2012) . ... more
1 December 2012FYR Macedonia : Fear prevents remaining IDPs from returning homeFYR Macedonia has been regarded as a "success story" for having achieved the fastest returns of people displaced by conflict in the Balkans. Over 95 per cent of the people uprooted during the brief but intense conflict between ethnic Albanian armed groups and Macedonian security forces in 2001 have been able to return. The UNHCR currentlyin 2012 no longer identifies any internally displaced persons of concern. ... more
1 December 2012Croatia : Housing rights and employment still preventing durable solutionsThe number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Croatia has fallen significantly since the armed conflict between the Croat majority and the Serb minority ended in 1995. At the end of the war, around 250,000 people were displaced within Croatia, of whom 32,000 were Croatian Serbs. By June 2009, the number of IDPs had fallen to about 2,400, includ-ing over 1,600 ethnic Serbs. In early 2012, UNHCR would report that there were no longer any internally displaced of concern to UNHCR. ... more
28 November 2012Côte d'Ivoire : IDPs rebuilding lives amid a delicate peaceCôte d’Ivoire witnessed the world’s largest new internal displacement event of 2011 after contested presidential election results in 2010 sparked a violent conflict for political control. Serious rights abuses by supporters of both sides and armed clashes between them resulted in the internal displacement of up to a million people. Two years later, most of these internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned home to rebuild their lives. However, tens of thousands have still not found durable solutions to their displacement. ... more
8 June 2012Nigeria : Increasing violence continues to cause internal displacementInternal displacement is a common consequence across Nigeria of inter-communal and political violence, flooding and forced evictions. While some of the conflicts appear to be caused by overlapping and mutually reinforcing regional, religious and ethnic divisions, but violence often stems from competition for scarce opportunities and communal resources. ... more
24 May 2012Uganda : Need to focus on returnees and remaining IDPs in transition to development Since the 2006 signing of a cease-fire agreement between the government of Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army there has been significant return of those displaced by conflict in northern Uganda. The overwhelming majority of the 1.8 million internally displaced people (IDPs) who lived in camps at the height of the crisis have returned to their areas of origin or resettled in new locations. ... more
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