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Ukraine : World’s unseen refugee crisis United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Ukraine : World’s unseen refugee crisis

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Thursday, August 06, 2015

At the end of June 2015, one year after the fighting started, there were more than 1.35 million internally displaced people in Ukraine, ranking t…

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The World's Displaced People Norwegian Refugee Council

The World's Displaced People

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Saturday, June 20, 2015

The growing number of refugees around the world is overshadowed by the even greater numbers of internally displaced people, or IDPs, who have not…

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A displaced Iraqi child who fled Anbar province United Nations

A displaced Iraqi child who fled Anbar province

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Wednesday, May 27, 2015

A displaced Iraqi child who fled Anbar province, carries jerrycans at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Ameriyat al-Fall…

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Internally displaced Afghan people World Food Programme

Internally displaced Afghan people

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Afghan people pose for a photograph near their temporary shelter at an internally displaced person's (IDP) camp on the outskirts of Herat, Af…

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Plight of the displaced in Waziristan Waziristan

Plight of the displaced in Waziristan

KHAWAJA UMER FAROOQ Thursday, July 03, 2014

Things are going from bad to worse for internally-displaced people from the Waziristan region in Pakistan. According to government sources, mo…

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