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GRAND GEDEH OFA AND IMBA COUNTIESCOMPARATIVE NALYSIS OFAND CONFLITS IN IBERIALIBERIA REPORTFOREWORD INTRODUCTIN A COLLECTI MEHODOLOGY 3 ALITTIVE ANALYS31 A COLLECTED IN COMMUNIT32 A COLLECTED IN COMM. Iraqi Refugees Elsewhere in the World, 2006-07 Syria 1,200,000 Germany 52,900 U.S. 6,000 Bulgaria 1,200 Jordan 750,000 U.K. 22,300 Switzerland 5,000 Austria 1,200 * Estimates include recognized WA UNHCR describes internally displaced persons (IDPs) as “probably the largest group 1 possible to estimate the global number of urban IDPs, the figures that million. 2 Yet this group remains sil 1 2 The ceasefire signed on April 4, 2002, between the Angolan government army, (FAA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), following the death of rebel leader Jonas displaced persons. At the start of 2003, there were 20.6 million people At a glance and violence Under strict embargo until 11.30am CET on 14 May, 2014 Record internal displacement for the second year running At the end of 2013, t here were at least 33. 3 millio n people New report: as 30,000 people fled their homes each day in 2014 Under strict embargo until 10.30am CEST , 6 May 2015 GENEVA 6 MAY 2015: A record - breaking 38 million people have been displaced wi Reproductive. . Health. Changing context. More large emergencies. Four. Level 3’s . (Iraq, Syria, CAR, . S.Sudan. ). 3,000,000 Syrian refugees scattered. across . five . countries . New threats; higher levels of insecurity. Or is it a Refugee Crisis? . Migrants or refugees? . Migrants usually have choices, refugees don’t . no one leaves home unless. home is the mouth of a . shark. . . . . . you have to understand,. that no one puts their children in a boat. Rudashevsky. by the Hebrew school in the . Leipheim. displaced persons camp. . 1. Children learn a religious text from an Orthodox Jewish teacher. . Landsberg. displaced persons camp, Germany, 1946-1947.. Threat of Disenfranchisement In 2015. ELECTIONS FACTSHEET. Humanitarian and relief groups believe that the priorities of IDPs, particularly those in temporary camps, are food, health, protection, water, sanitation and hygiene. However, the voting rights of IDPs in the upcoming general elections has been elevated by many as being equally important. There are concerns that the IDP crisis would have distorted INEC’s register of voters in the affected areas, and that consequently, displaced eligible voters would be excluded from the elections, as they would be unable to fulfill INECs new voting requirements. Following INECs stipulation that a voter must return to his/her registration unit to vote with their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), it would be practically impossible for displaced voters to return home to vote as some of the registration or polling locations have been overtaken by insurgents and thereby rendered unsafe.. & Displaced Persons from Myanmar. Lyndy Worsham. Information Management Coordinator . What is TBC?. • . TBC is an alliance of partners working together with displaced and conflict-affected people of Myanmar to address humanitarian needs and to support community driven solutions in pursuit of peace and development. and host communities in urban Goma, DRC 4Foreign A31airs and the Canadian Department of Foreign A31airs and International Trade which provided the funding that made this project possibleICTJ/Brookings Research Brief Truth-Telling and Displ