Pakistan
Latest IDP figure:
Undetermined
Number of refugees:
(Originating from the country)
31,857 (UNHCR, June 2008)
Total Population:
167,76 million
15 May 2008
Displacement ongoing in a number of regions
/8E3AAA7904587A78C125744A0034B576/$file/pak_countrypage_may08.jpg) Displaced people in Pakistan's Waziristan region.
© Kamila Hyat/IRIN In the North West Frontier Province’s Swat Valley, conflict between an armed opposition group and the army led to Asia’s biggest new displacement in 2007, with between 400,000 and 900,000 people forced to flee their homes towards the end of the year. Many people re-turned as soon as possible, but some of them found their homes and property damaged.
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