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Turkey: Internal displacement in brief
There were estimated to be more than 954,000 IDPs in Turkey as of the end of 2013.
31 December 2013 | Summary
Internal Displacement in Europe the Caucasus and Central Asia
There were around 2.2 million IDPs in Europe as of the end of 2013. Most fled their homes some 20 years ago to escape armed conflict, generalised violence and human rights violations in the Balkans, Caucasus, Central Asia, Cyprus and Turkey.
31 December 2013 | Summary
Kosovo: Internal displacement in brief
There were around 17,300 people internally displaced by conflict in Kosovo as of the end of 2013, according to UNHCR estimates.
31 December 2013 | Summary
Armenia: Internal displacement in brief
Most IDPs returned to their homes following the conflict, but a survey reported that some still had not returned to border areas because of the insecurity and the poor economic conditions
31 December 2013 | Summary
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Internal displacement in brief
There were around 103,000 IDPs in Bosnia and Herzegovina as of the end of 2013, according to government figures.
31 December 2013 | Summary
Colombia: Internal displacement in brief
Despite the optimism surrounding a peace process seeking to end decades of civil war, Colombia continues to suffer one of the world’s most dramatic humanitarian emergencies.
31 December 2013 | Summary
Russian Federation: Internal displacement in brief
At least 34,900 people were still displaced in Russia as of the end of 2013, as a result of armed conflict, human rights violations and generalised violence in North Caucasus.
31 December 2013 | Summary
Azerbaijan: Internal displacement in brief
Around 597,000 people were officially registered as IDPs in Azerbaijan as of the end of 2013.
31 December 2013 | Summary
Serbia: Internal displacement in brief
There were around 209,000 registered IDPs in Serbia as of the end of 2013, according to the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees (SCR).
31 December 2013 | Summary
Georgia: Internal displacement in brief
There were up to 206,600 IDPs registered by the government in Georgia as of the end of 2013.
31 December 2013 | Summary
Kyrgyzstan: Internal displacement in brief
Continued impunity for the crimes committed and a lack of reparation for the victims of the violence continue to constitute significant obstacles to remaining IDPs
31 December 2012 | Summary
Cyprus: Internal displacement in brief
While the island remains divided and the conflict unresolved, return of IDPs to their original homes remains largely impossible
31 December 2011 | Summary
Croatia: Internal displacement in brief
The main obstacles to the return of the remaining ethnic Croat IDPs were the limited social services and livelihood opportunities in their places of origin, whereas ethnic Serb IDPs continued to struggle to assert their rights
31 December 2010 | Summary
FYR Macedonia: Internal displacement in brief
The government has largely supported the right of IDPs to return, but discrimination has continued between the ethnic Macedonian majority and the Albanian minority
31 December 2008 | Summary
Moldova: Internal displacement in brief
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre is no longer actively following the situation in Moldova
31 December 2003 | Summary