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Internally Displaced Persons – 2006

The International Displacement Monitoring Center estimated there were 5,355,000 IDPs in Sudan in 2006.¹ This suggests no significant resettlement of IDPs took place in 2006. The UNMIS statistics, however, indicates that 7,432 IDPs were assisted with returning back to their communities.² Ongoing conflicts as well as a lack of funding for programs posed a direct threat to the return of IDPs.³

1. “Internal displacement caused by conflict and violence.”
2. “Sudan IDP & Refugee Returns, Reintegration.”
3. “Sudan; UN Repatriation Scheme Still Faces Shortfall,” Africa News, September 22, 2006.