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Nepal:
sustainability of IDP returns undermined by lack of assistance
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IDMC,
19 June 2008
More
than 18 months after a peace agreement between Maoist rebels and the Nepalese
government, an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 people displaced by ten years
of civil war remain unable to return to their homes. Most are prevented
from doing so by unresolved land and property issues, insecurity and a
lack of assistance from the government. While some internally displaced
people (IDPs) are waiting for better conditions before returning, many
are likely to integrate in areas of displacement, mainly in towns and cities,
where economic opportunities are greater and where many of them have been
living for years. However, most of these IDPs are severely impoverished
and struggle to make a living.
For
those who have managed (most of them without any government assistance)
to return home since the end of hostilities in 2006, the main challenge
has been to re-establish a livelihood in areas hard hit by the war, where
state institutions and services have only been partly restored. (...)
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, June 2008
The
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), established in 1998 by
the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), is the leading international body
monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide.
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