Globally there are 11.4m refugees and 26.4m IDPs according to UNHCR. Darfur crisis affected 4.2m people and displaced 2m in 2004 today 448,889 people are still living as IDPs. In Chad where 700,000 have had to flee fighting more than 185,000 people are displaced and living in camps. In Congo around 1.36m are displaced with 45,000 dying each month from poverty related causes and other diseases. The lives of innocent in Iraq and Afghanistan as a result of US-led strikes will reveal even more gruesome stories.
As of 22 May 09 there were 288,938 persons at welfare camps in the North of Sri Lanka. None of the above countries or any other including Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans were able to resettle 40,000 within 3 months of ending the conflict and none of these conflict ridden countries can boast of having ended a conflict which means that these IDP or refugee figures globally are likely to escalate at any given time.
Moreover, all resettlements of the displaced in Sri Lanka are tied to programs that provide each family with 25,000 rupees to rebuild their houses, free seed paddy to start their livelihood & free food for 6 months – even the poverty stricken others throughout the rest of Sri Lanka are not given such facilities.....(Read in Full)
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2009/09/25/globally-26m-idps-larger-picture-behind-sri-lankas-idps
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