scholarly journals The State of Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Nigeria: A Case Study of Durumi Camp in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Askederin, F M
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Information ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Running Water ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Leadership Structure

This Investigation was conducted among a small group of IDP population living at the heart of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, which is the capital city of Nigeria. The study was conducted to determine the living conditions of Internally Displaced Persons in the Camp and their access to basic amenities as action research. It was conducted through an unstructured interview of the sampled population in the Camp to source relevant information. Data was collected by taking notes and recording of interview sessions. Results revealed that 2830 individuals live in the camp, mostly in family units. IDPs in the camp come from the Northeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria in the states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe, with the majority of them from Borno state. They were all displaced as a result of insurgency. This IDP camp is organized with a leadership structure and defined system for the management of amenities such as the health clinic, water supply, allocation of shelter, and sharing of donated items received from philanthropists, the private sector, and other well-wishers. The camp has running water, a clinic for basic health care provision, a borehole, toilet facilities, a store for foodstuff and a security post within 500 metres to 1 kilometre of the Camp.

Who Burned Down Our House This Time?: Ethnography & Conflict in Timor Leste

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Patricia Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Small Country ◽  
National Hospital ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Timor Leste

The Timorese Ministry of Labor estimated that over 175,000 people (out of a total population of roughly one million) resided in camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in May, 2007. These camps, which sprung up in the immediate aftermath of political violence in May of 2006, provide shelter, food, and security to children, women, and men in every district of this small country. Hundreds of Timorese, and a handful of foreigners, have been killed. Thousands of homes have been burned to the ground. Victims of rocks, Molotov cocktails, spears, and traditional poisoned arrows appear regularly in the national hospital in the capital city, Dili. Families, friends, and neighbors have been torn apart in a cycle of violence, house burning, score settling, and revenge. Whole sections of the country, as well as specific neighborhoods in Dili, are "no-go zones" for people from specific regions.

scholarly journals The Responsibility to Protect Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Olivia Lwabukuna
Keyword(s):  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
State Responsibility ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Effective Protection ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Durable Solutions

Abstract This article explores the responsibility to protect (R2P) as an organizing concept for preventing, addressing and finding durable solutions to internal displacement in Africa. While the most innovative norms for protecting the forcibly displaced have been conceptualized in Africa, they have not durably addressed displacement, due to limitations in implementation. R2P has similarly faced criticisms emanating from a lack of clarity and distrust. Restated norms underlying frameworks for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and R2P complement each other, and can be operationalized simultaneously through a more credible regional approach, to encourage effective protection of IDPs in Africa. The article explores pillar one, pillar two and the non-coercive elements of pillar three of R2P, and its underlying moral principles, using Kenya as a case study of the process of seeking to secure state responsibility for the protection of displaced civilians victimized by mass atrocities.

scholarly journals Displaced Sudanese Voices on Education, Dignity, and Humanitarian Aid

Refuge ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Friedrich W. Affolter ◽  
Carine Allaf
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Anecdotal Evidence ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Economic Survival ◽  
Sudanese Refugees

Education is viewed by Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons as a key prerequisite for social status, prestige, socio-economic survival, and therefore human dignity. Using Sudan as a case study, the article demonstrates that humanitarian aid—which claims to ensure the basic conditions for a life with dignity—often attributes less importance to education than to other sectors such as water, nutrition, and health. Utilizing anecdotal evidence from internally displaced persons in conflict-affected regions of Sudan, this article illustrates that the humanitarian aid agenda fails to adequately address what their target population most demands: education.

Fit for purpose? Lessons from transitional shelter provision for internally displaced persons in urban informal settlements in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 943-959
Author(s):  
Mirian Sayuri Vaccari ◽  
David Sanderson ◽  
Martin Loosemore ◽  
Mohammad Mojtahedi
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Urban Informal Settlements

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges of transitional shelter provision for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in urban informal settlements. While there has been considerable research on postdisaster transitional shelters, less is known on shelters for IDPs in urban informal settlements.Design/methodology/approachA case study is presented based on field research at the communities in Olaria and City in São Paulo, Brazil. Collection of data included personal communication with the dwellers, surveys and interviews with representatives from Techo, one of the few organizations that provide transitional shelters for IDPs. A review of documents regarding the construction, design and users' adaptation of transitional shelter was also undertaken. Data was analyzed using thematic analysis.FindingsThe study found that Techo's program impacts positively on the nonphysical aspects of shelter, such as physical and mental health, security, household responsibilities and community participation. However, Techo's transitional shelter for IDPs in urban informal settlements and most postdisaster transitional shelters share similar problems. These programs respond to the needs of a small proportion of the affected populations with shelters of minimum quality and low durability.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper is limited to a single case study of the NGO Techo and further case study research is recommended to further develop and validate the study results in other urban development contexts.Originality/valueThis research contributes to describing and understanding the context and the provision of transitional shelters to IDPs in urban informal settlements and impacts in the community. With increasing numbers of IDPs settling in urban informal settlements in many parts of the world, this paper is valuable to policymakers, NGOs and researchers operating in this field to facilitate community development.

scholarly journals Multifractality in Humanitarian Applications: A Case Study of Internally Displaced Persons/Refugee Camps

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4438-4445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Jenerowicz ◽  
Anna Wawrzaszek ◽  
Wojciech Drzewiecki ◽  
Michal Krupinski ◽  
Sebastian Aleksandrowicz
Keyword(s):  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Internally Displaced

scholarly journals Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs): A Case Study of Western Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 48-52
Author(s):  
Sabin Bahadur Zoowa
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Habitual Residence ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
The People ◽  
Maoist Insurgency

In Nepal, the number of IDPs appeared to have increased mainly due to the decade long CPN (Maoist) insurgency that hit the country since 2052 BS (1995 AD). Apparently, the IDPs are compelled or forced to undergo the critical circumstances due to the very condition of their displacement. Likewise, mostly, the incidents of excesses such as murder, torture, rape, sexual assault, kidnapping, forceful recruitment in the army are perpetrated against the IDPs. So, different causes make the people to be displaced. Towards this, natural disaster, human-made circumstances and disasters, armed conflict and situation of violence and fears having created there from, persons and families are forcefully displaced from their homes or places of their habitual residence. Hence, the fact is that internally displaced persons are compelled to spend traumatic lives because of internal displacement and at the same time various new problems are, owing to pressure of displaced persons, arising even in the places where they are spending displaced lives. Therefore, the state is required to play a lead role to prevent internal displacement, provide security to displaced persons, protect human rights, make provisions for immediate relief and necessary humanitarian support and service as well as facility and also make appropriate provisions for their return to their place of habitual residence or settling them voluntarily in other places in the country.

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