Section: Population Figures and Profile

Sub-section: Global figures

• Last Updated: 3 October 2009
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At least 80,000 IDPs in Russia (2009)

• There are no authoritative figures of the number of IDPs in the Russian Federation
• The government counts the number of people with forced migrant status and registered with FMS
• Otherwise there are non-government figures for Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia
• There is no current figure on the number of IDPs outside of the North Caucasus
  
  

Number of Internally Displaced Persons in the North Caucasus

Current Location	Government	UNHCR	NGO DRC or Vesta
Dagestan	-	-	From Chechnya: 305 (temporary settlements) 3,404 (private sector)
Chechnya	-	50,000 (private sector estimate)	4,637 (hostels)
Ingushetia	From North Ossetia: 3,858 (with forced migrant status)		From Chechnya: 2,283 (temporary settlements) 7,969 (private sector)
North Ossetia	2,074 (registered with FMS)
Outside of North Caucasus	7,620 (with forced migrant status)
TOTAL	82,150

Dates of sources: 20 August 2009

ECHO, 15 May 2009:
"Even if it is difficult to have exact figures, it is estimated that there are still some 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Chechnya proper, 12,000 IDPs left in Ingushetia, 3,800 IDPs in Dagestan, and 1,700 refugees in Azerbaijan. The number of war-affected vulnerable household within Chechnya, including families created after the war, is estimated at 60,000."

ODI, 28 February 2009:
"Chechnya still has between 30,000 and 50,000 internally displaced people, and a further 60,000 are considered still to be ‘war-affected’."

Правительство РФ, 20 декабря 2008г.:
"По официальным данным территориальных органов ФМС России по состоянию на январь 2008 г. на территории Российской Федерации зарегистрированы и находится до 9570 вынужденных переселенцев, покинувших территорию Чеченской Республики, из них 5,5 тыс. человек в Республике Ингушетия."
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