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Russian Federation


Country Statistics  
Latest IDP figure:
17,907 - 136,550
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Number of refugees:
(Originating from the country)
18,800 (UNHCR, March 2008)
Total Population:
142,4 million (Federal Govt., June 2006)
30 June 2008

Struggling to integrate: Displaced people from Chechnya living in other areas of the Russian Federation


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Internally displaced pensioners who
fled to Volgograd from Chechnya
in 1993. (Nadine Walicki / IDMC,
March 2008)
In an atmosphere of instability and violence leading up to the first separatist conflict in Chechnya in 1994, some 100,000 non-ethnic Chechens fled to other parts of the Russian Federation. People continued to flee until the conflict ended in 1996, and again when a second conflict erupted in 1999. In total, perhaps 600,000 people, including ethnic Chechens, have been forced out of Chechnya from 1991 to the present. In addition, some 40,000 people also fled to other areas of the Russian Federation following inter-ethnic conflict in North Ossetia in 1992.

There are no official statistics on the current numbers of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Russian Federation. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) used an estimate of 137,000 IDPs in its Global Appeal for 2008-2009. The government estimated in February 2006 that there were 82,200 IDPs, but this figure only included IDPs registered by migration services in Ingushetia and Chechnya. There is no current data available on the number of IDPs who are ethnic Chechen. [...]


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"Резюме профиля на русском языке","Россия: усилия правительства помогут только некоторым ВПЛ восстановить свою жизнь"
"Causes and Background","The conflicts in Chechnya","The conflict in North Ossetia","Other causes of displacement in the Russian Federation","Legal definition of IDP in the Russian Federation"
"Population Figures and Profile","Global figures","Population figures: displacement as a result of the second conflict in Chechnya (since August 1999)","Population figures: displacement as a result of the conflict in North Ossetia"
"Patterns of Displacement","General"
"Physical Security & Freedom of Movement","Physical safety in Chechnya","Rule of law","Discrimination","Freedom of movement"
"Physical Security & Freedom of Movement","Physical safety in Chechnya","Physical safety in other areas of North Caucasus","Rule of law","Discrimination","Freedom of movement"
"Subsistence Needs","Food","Shelter and non-food items","Health","Water and sanitation"
"Access to Education","Ingushetia","Chechnya","Other areas"
"Issues of Self-Reliance and Public Participation","Self-reliance","Participation","Access to courts"
"Documentation Needs and Citizenship","Documentation needs"
"Issues of Family Unity, Identity and Culture","Family unity"
"Property Issues","General"
"Patterns of Return and Resettlement","Return to Chechnya","Return to the Prigorodny district (North-Ossetia)","Resettlement"
"Humanitarian Access","Access to North Caucasus"
"National and International Responses","National response","Legal background","NGO response","International response","References to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement"

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