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INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PERSONS - IDP's are "persons or groups of persons who have
been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual
residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of
armed conflict, situations of generalised violence, violations of human rights
or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally
recognised State border." (Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement,
Introduction, para. 2)
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Homeless at Home –
The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons - IDP Women & Children
The deteriorating security situation in Iraq has forced millions of people out of their homes. There are more than 2 million IDPs in Iraq and close to 2 million Iraqi refugees outside the country. Credit: UNHCR/K.Brooks
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IDMC - Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre
31
December 2008
INTERNAL
DISPLACEMENT IN IRAQ
Over 2.8
million people were internally displaced in Iraq by June 2008. These IDPs were
distributed throughout the country with over 1.1 million in central provinces
and over 800,000 in both the northern and southern regions. Most were dispersed
in rented accommodation in towns and cities where they were relying on the
support of host communities as well as national and international humanitarian
agencies and non-governmental bodies, including some with political
affiliation.
This IDP population – equivalent to one in ten Iraqis – was displaced in three
phases. Around 1.6 million had since February 2006 fled sectarian and
generalised violence including military operations by multinational, Iraqi and
also Turkish and Iranian forces in northern Iraq. Approximately 190,000
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