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India: North-East India: People displaced by ethnic violence “forgotten”

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An internally displaced woman in a makeshift relief camp in Kukurkata in Goalpara district of Assam state near the Assam-Meghalaya border. (Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar, January 2011)
  • Country Statistics
  • Latest IDP figure:
  • At least 650,000
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  • Number of refugees:
  • (Originating from the country)
    17,769 (UNHCR, 20 June 2011, p.43)
  • Total Population:
  • 1.24 billion (UNFPA, 26 October 2011, p.117)
From the 1990s to the start of 2011, over 800,000 people were forced to flee their homes in episodes of inter-ethnic violence in western Assam, along the border between Assam and Meghalaya, and in Tripura. According to conservative estimates, more than 76,000 of them are still living in displacement in November 2011, but in the absence of proper monitoring it is not known how many of the rest have been able to rebuild their lives.

These internally displaced people (IDPs) are not receiving the protection and assistance they need, according to a new report launched today by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
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Press release: North-East India: People displaced by ethnic violence “forgotten”
Report: “This is our land”: Ethnic violence and internal displacement in north-east India
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Internal Displacement Profile

"Causes, Background and Patterns of Movement","Overview of the causes of displacement in India","Causes and Patterns of IDP Movements (by region)"
"IDP Population Figures","IDP Population Figures: General","Numbers of IDPs (by location)"
"Jammu and Kashmir","Basic necessities of life","Property","livelihoods","education and other economic","social and cultural rights","Durable solutions (return","local integration","settlement elsewhere in the country)"
"Assam (North-East India)","Basic necessities of life","Property","livelihoods","education and other economic","social and cultural rights","Protection of special categories of IDPs (age","gender","diversity","minorities)"
"Mizoram-Tripura (North-East India)","Physical security and integrity","Basic necessities of life","Property","livelihoods","education and other economic","social and cultural rights","Family life","participation","access to justice","documentation and other civil and political rights","Protection of special categories of IDPs (age","gender","diversity","minorities)","Durable solutions (return","local integration","settlement elsewhere in the country)"
"Central India (Naxalite conflict)","Physical security and integrity","Basic necessities of life","Property","livelihoods","education and other economic","social and cultural rights","Durable solutions (return","local integration","settlement elsewhere in the country)"
"Gujarat","Basic necessities of life","Property","livelihoods","education and other economic","social and cultural rights","Durable solutions (return","local integration","settlement elsewhere in the country)"
"Orissa","Physical security and integrity","Basic necessities of life","Property","livelihoods","education and other economic","social and cultural rights","Protection of special categories of IDPs (age","gender","diversity","minorities)","Durable solutions (return","local integration","settlement elsewhere in the country)"
"National and International Response","National response","International response"

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