Internally Displaced People -IDPs

An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders.

Internally displaced persons, or IDPs, are among the world’s most vulnerable people. Unlike refugees, IDPs have not crossed an international border to find sanctuary but have remained inside their home countries. Even if they have fled for similar reasons as refugees (armed conflict, generalized violence, human rights violations), IDPs legally remain under the protection of their own government –  ...