Kenya’s post-election violence has displaced more than 600,000 persons within the country since December 2007. Although violence-induced displacement is not a new phenomenon in Kenya, the magnitude, speed and intensity of this displacement were unprecedented. Clashes in the 1990s, also around general elections, displaced hundreds of thousands of Kenyans, many of whom remain displaced today. The new coalition government has made the resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) a top prio more...

In 2007, the estimated number of people internally displaced as a result of armed conflicts and violence passed the 26 million mark. This is the highest figure since early 1990s, and marks a six percent increase from 2006 figure of 24.6 million. The increase resulted from a combination of continued high level of new displacements (3.7 million) and a lower level of return movements (2.7 million) in 2007.

Three countries – Colombia, Iraq and Sudan together accounted for nearly 50% of the wor more...

The Middle East region continued in 2007 to host diverse groups of internally displaced people with differing levels of humanitarian needs, some newly displaced by conflict and violence, and others who had been waiting for generations for a durable solution to their plight. It was a year in which continuing violence and deepening humanitarian crises brought international attention to displacement across the region.

Ongoing conflicts and accompanying widespread human rights violations causing more...

This report focuses on the situation of internally displaced people (IDPs) from the Chechen Republic living outside of the north Caucasus. The Internal Displacement monitoring Centre (IDMC) visited the Russian Federation in March 2008, and interviewed IDPs of various ethnic backgrounds and their legal representatives in seven locations. The report is based on these interviews and information publicly available on the IDMC website. The observations outlined here are consistent with information pu more...

A crescendo of intimidation and violence in Zimbabwe has driven thousands of refugees over the border to South Africa. The government has ordered all humanitarian aid groups to suspend operations that have been providing food aid to the most vulnerable people.

Refugees and people displaced within their own country are particularly vulnerable during the initial stages of an emergency. In addition to shelter, food and water, displaced people need access to health care, including reproductive he more...

Darfur Rehabilitation Project (DRP) was founded by a group of Darfurians living in the U.S., and deeply concerned about the human rights tragedy occurring in their homeland in western Sudan. DRP is working to unify the voices of Darfurians everywhere and bring increased international attention to bear on the situation there.

"Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users."

IERHB is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. It brings public health and epidemiologic principles to the aid of populations affected by complex humanitarian emergencies.

In this paper Robert Cohen from the Brookings Institute argues that "UNHCR
must be given the authority and means to
expand its role with IDPs, and international
police and military capacity must
be strengthened to defend their physical
safety."

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, established by the Norwegian Refugee Council, monitors conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide at the request of the United Nations.
The Geneva-based Centre runs an online database providing comprehensive and regularly updated information and analysis on internal displacement in some 50 countries.