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Internally Displaced Persons – 1996

Progress in resettling IDPs and Refugees was slow. The Government stated that the Afars were welcome to return. However, Afar refugees perceived the northern region as unsafe. In addition, many of the Afars’ homes and lands were occupied by Djiboutian soldiers and their families.¹

1. “Djibouti Human Rights Practices, 1996,” U.S. Department of State, 1997, accessed September 22, 2010.