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Adapting to urban displacement - Forced Migration Review
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Date: 16 Feb 2010
Source: Forced Migration Review, University of Oxford
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Grameen Trust, UNHCR to set up micro-loans programmes for displaced civilians
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Date: 13 Jan 2010
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: IDPs kept from returning home by political disputes
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Date: 17 Nov 2009
Source: UN Human Rights Council

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OPT: Palestinian families at risk of being forced to leave homes
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Date: 13 Nov 2009
Source: Save the Children
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700 Laguna families benefitting from Swiss Red Cross' shelter plan - Manila Bulletin
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700 Laguna families benefitting from Swiss Red Cross' shelter plan
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“SRC will construct transitional shelters in Calamba, Laguna for 700 affected families. It is buying land in Laguna for the site construction. ...

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International conference: Ten years of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
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Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Ten years ago the United Nations issued the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. The anniversary will be marked at a high-level conference in Oslo this week, entitled "Ten Years of Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement â€" Achievements and Future Challenges".

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DBH help for building shelters for Aila-hit people - The New Nation
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DBH help for building shelters for Aila-hit people
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Kelly Koch thanked DBH for their generous contribution and assured that the amount will be used for building affordable transitional shelters for the ...

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Land and displacement in Timor-Leste
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Source: Humanitarian Practice Network A familiar dilemma faced the Timorese government in developing a strategy to promote the return and resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs): should it determine property ownership before promoting return, or should it promote return first, and deal with property issues later?

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DRC: Kivu crisis worsens with 100,000 more displaced
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Date: 11 Jul 2009
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Number of Mogadishu civilians displaced by fighting since early May tops 200,000
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Source: UNHCR The escalating conflict in Mogadishu is having a devastating impact on the city's population, causing enormous suffering and massive displacement.

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Breakthrough as Timor's remaining IDP camp begins to close
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Date: 02 Jul 2009
Source: UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
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Climate change could displace 200 million by 2050
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Date: 10 Jun 2009
Source: CARE
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Migration spurred by climate change could displace millions - UN-backed study
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Climate change has already caused displacement and migration, and could uproot millions more in the future, warns a new United Nations-supported report.
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Coming to terms with grief in Nablus: 'Fatima helped me'
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Source: UNICEF NABLUS, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 9 June 2009 – Several times a month, Fatima Alshopy navigates the narrow streets of the Number One Refugee Camp in the West Bank city of Nablus to visit Maha Qatouny, a mother of three who recently suffered a terrible loss.

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Number of Somalis displaced in current wave of violence nears 120,000
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Source: UNHCR UNHCR condemns victimization of civilians in Mogadishu after a weekend spike in the fighting in the capital sent the number of displaced to almost 120,000.

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Breaking down language barriers for refugees
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MAG (Mines Advisory Group) In Lasu Payam, about 32 kilometres southwest of Yei town, a large refugee camp has been steadily growing since January. This camp is impressive: not only because it already houses around 8,000 ...

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Number of Somalis displaced in current wave of violence nears 120,000
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UNHCR condemns victimization of civilians in Mogadishu after a weekend spike in the fighting in the capital sent the number of displaced to almost 120,000.
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20 Million Climate Displaced in 2008
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Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) More than 20 million people have been displaced by climate-related sudden-onset natural disasters in 2008 alone. "For the first time, we have a solid indication of the scale of forced displacement ...

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Somali displacement grows rapidly as fighting rages
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The number of Somalis forced from their homes in Mogadishu has now topped 96,000 since the start of fighting between government forces and armed opposition groups on May 8. Out of this latest total of...
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As millions flee conflicts, new focus needed on livelihoods for the displaced
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Date: 04 Jun 2009
Source: Women's Refugee Commission
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