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Liberia


Country Statistics  
Latest IDP figure:
Number of refugees:
(Originating from the country)
91,537 (UNHCR, June 2008)
Total Population:
3,28 million
27 July 2007

Focus for IDP returnees moves from conflict to development


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Urban squatters occupying public
building in Monrovia (NRC Liberia)
With the return of the remaining registered internally displaced people (IDPs) in December 2006, the process of resolving Liberia’s internal displacement crisis was considered complete. More than 326,000 IDPs returned to their areas of origin and the 35 camps that had hosted them were officially closed in April 2006, formally marking the end of a 17-year period during which much of Liberia’s population of three million had at some time been internally displaced. Considerable political progress was made by the government of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to make the transition from conflict to development. The country has also started consolidating peace and stability, with the dismantling of former armed factions and the disarmament of over 100,000 combatants. The sanctions on the country’s timber and diamonds have been lifted and Liberia can now progress towards sustainable post-conflict recovery and development.
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