Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2009 and Developments Trends of Global Overview Internal Displacement Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Norwegian Refugee Council Internal Displacement Chemin de Balexert 7-9 CH-1219 Châtelaine (Geneva) Tel.: +41 22 799 07 00, Fax: +41 22 799 07 01 Global Overview of Trends and www.internal-displacement.org Developments in 2009 Internally displaced people worldwide December 2009 Turkey 954,000–1,201,000 Russian Federation Armenia Azerbaijan Uzbekistan 80,000 8,400 586,000 FYR Macedonia 3,400 Serbia 650 Turkmenistan 225,000– Undetermined 230,000 Georgia Kosovo At least Afghanistan 19,700 230,000 At least 297,000 Croatia 2,400 Bosnia & Herz. 114,000 Cyprus Up to 201,000 Pakistan 1,230,000 Israel Undetermined Nepal 50,000–70,000 Occupied Palestinian Territory At least 160,000 India Algeria At least 500,000 Undetermined Chad 168,000 Bangladesh Senegal Iraq 60,000–500,000 24,000–40,000 2,764,000 Mexico The Philippines 5,000–8,000 Liberia Sri Lanka 125,000–188,000 Undetermined Syria 433,000 400,000 Côte d´Ivoire Lebanon Undetermined 90,000–390,000 Guatemala Togo Yemen Myanmar Undetermined Undetermined At least 175,000 At least 470,000 Indonesia Eritrea 70,000–120,000 Timor-Leste Niger 10,000 Colombia 6,500 400 3,300,000–4,900,000 Ethiopia Nigeria 300,000– Undetermined CAR 350,000 162,000 Peru Sudan Somalia 150,000 4,900,000 1,500,000 Congo Kenya 7,800 Undetermined DRC Uganda 1,900,000 At least 437,000 Angola Rwanda Undetermined Burundi Undetermined 100,000 Zimbabwe 570,000–1,000,000 Internal Displacement Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2009 May 2010 Internally displaced children shell their family’s monthly ten-kilogramme ration of beans inside their home at Buhimbe Camp near Goma in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo: IRIN/Aubrey Graham, July 2009) Contributors Authors and contributors: Sebastián Albuja, Christophe Beau, Alice Farmer, Anne- Kathrin Glatz, Edmund Jennings, Cecilia Jimenez, Kate Halff, Karim Khalil, Frederik Kok, Kim Mancini, Barbara McCallin, Marzia Montemurro, Laura Perez, Katinka Ridderbos, Jacob Rothing, Nuur Mohamud Sheekh, Nina Sluga, Nadine Walicki, Greta Zeender Thanks also to Simone Cosma, Véronique de Crouy and Jacqueline Shahinian at IDMC, and to the staff of the Norwegian Refugee Council for their assistance and advice. Editors: Nina M. Birkeland, Kate Halff and Edmund Jennings Maps and layout: Rachel Dolores Database: Ali Anwar Design: Laris(s)a, laris-s-a.com Printing: SRO-Kundig, Geneva Cover photo: An internally displaced family leaving Jalozai camp, about 140 kilo- metres north-west of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. (Photo: REUTERS/Ali Imam, July 2009) Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Norwegian Refugee Council Chemin de Balexert 7–9, CH-1219 Châtelaine (Geneva), Switzerland Tel. : +41 22 799 07 00 Fax : +41 22 799 07 01 www.internal-displacement.org The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) was established by the Nor- wegian Refugee Council in 1998, upon the request of the United Nations, to set up a global database on internal displacement. A decade later, IDMC remains the leading source of information and analysis on internal displacement caused by confl ict and violence worldwide. IDMC aims to support better international and national responses to situations of internal displacement and respect for the rights of internally displaced people (IDPs), who are often among the world’s most vulnerable people. It also aims to promote durable solutions for IDPs, through return, local integration or settlement elsewhere in the country. IDMC’s main activities include: Monitoring and reporting on internal displacement caused by confl ict, generalised violence and violations of human rights; Researching, analysing and advocating for the rights of IDPs; Training and strengthening capacities on the protection of IDPs; Contributing to the development of standards and guidance on protecting and assisting IDPs. IDMC thanks the donors who supported its work in 2009 and thereby made it possible to produce this report: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), USA‘s USAID, the UK‘s DFID, Australia‘s AusAID, Sweden’s SIDA, the Swiss FDFA, Canada’s DFAIT, the Dutch MFA, Tides Foundation, the Liechtenstein MFA, the Luxembourg MFA, the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid Offi ce (ECHO), the Offi ce of the UN High Commissio- ner for Refugees (UNHCR), Stichting Vluchteling, the UN’s Offi ce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other supporters. Guide to country pages The maps and tables are intended to make the most essential information on a situation of internal displacement accessible at a glance. 8]EHNLVWDQ 7DMLNLVWDQ 7XUNPHQLVWDQ Afghanistan .DEXO Quick facts Number of IDPs 297,000 Percentage of total population 1.1% 3DNLVWDQ Start of current displacement situation 2001 ,UDQ Peak number of IDPs (Year) 1,200,000 (2002) New displacement 250,000 Causes of displacementInternational armed confl ict Human development index 181 Quick facts Key to maps and symbols The estimated number of IDPs is rounded (for example, to the nearest hundred or ten thousand) according to the size of the Areas of origin of IDPs population displaced. Where the estimated number is given, the percentage of the Areas to which people have been displaced country population is also included. Percentages are based on the country population fi gures listed in UNFPA’s State of World Population 2009 at www.unfpa.org/swp. It should be noted Areas within which people have been displaced that there is some uncertainty over the population of several countries in this report and using other available population New displacement reported in 2009 estimates would give signifi cantly different percentage results. In countries where the number of IDPs has been signifi - cantly larger in the past, the highest recorded number and IDPs in situation of protracted displacement year are noted. New displacements and returns in 2009 are noted where Urban displacement they were specifi cally reported; however the actual number of new displacements or returns may well be higher. Reports National legal framework or policy pertaining to the of returns do not necessarily indicate that IDPs have found protection of IDPs in place at the end of 2009 durable solutions to their displacement. The causes of displacement listed include internal, inter- IDP profi ling exercise completed national and internationalised armed confl ict, situations of generalised violence, and violations of human rights. IDMC National human rights institutions with full accreditation did not in 2009 monitor situations of disaster-related internal (status A) according to the Paris Principles in 2009: see displacement. www.nhri.net for more information The Human Development Index ranking gives an idea of the level of development of a country based on the population’s Signatories in 2009 to the African Union Convention for life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and the gross the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the Kampala Convention) domestic product per capita. Countries with a ranking of up to 75 are considered highly developed, and those with a ranking between 154 and 179 are the least developed countries in the list. A small number of countries facing ongoing confl ict are not ranked. Contents Key fi ndings . 8 Introduction . 11 Global developments in 2009 . 12 Global trends . 13 Reported movements . 15 IDPs living in displacement . 18 Durable solutions. 21 Responses to internal displacement . 24 Internal displacement in Africa . 29 Internal displacement in the Americas . 48 Internal displacement in Europe and Central Asia . 53 Internal displacement in the Middle East . 64 Internal displacement in South and South-East Asia . 72 Key fi ndings Facts and fi gures Number of people internally displaced by confl ict or 27.1 million violence as of December 2009 Number of countries covered by this report 54 Most affected region Africa (11.6 million IDPs in 21 countries) Region with the largest relative increase in number of South and South-East Asia (with a 23 per cent year-on-year IDPs in 2009 increase from 3.5 million to 4.3 million) Countries with over a million people identifi ed as IDPs 6 (Sudan, Colombia, Iraq, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Pakistan) Countries with at least 200,000 people newly displaced 8 (Pakistan, DRC, Sudan, the Philippines, Somalia, Colombia, in 2009 (in order of scale) Sri Lanka, Ethiopia) Countries with at least 200,000 people returning during 6 (Pakistan, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, the Philippines) 2009 (in order of scale) Countries with new internal displacement in 2009 23 Countries with a signifi cant proportion of IDPs living in At least 34 protracted displacement Countries in which almost all IDPs lived in identifi ed 3 (Burundi, Chad, Uganda) sites Countries with IDPs in urban environments At least 48 Countries with legislation or policies specifi cally 16 addressing internal displacement 8 Numbers Parties to confl icts failed to respect their obligations to protect civilians, and displacement will continue to disrupt and des- At the end of 2009, the number of people internally displaced troy people’s lives unless there is continuing engagement to by confl ict, generalised violence or human rights violations encourage all parties to confl ict to uphold these obligations. across the world stood at approximately 27.1 million. This fi gure represented an increase of over a million people compared with the 26 million IDPs estimated for 2008 and also for 2007. Protection issues Over half of the world’s internally displaced people (IDPs) were Most of the people internally displaced at the end of 2009 in fi ve countries: Sudan, Colombia, Iraq, DRC and Somalia. had already been living in displacement in 2008. The situa- The region with most IDPs was Africa, with 11.6 million.