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Internally Displaced Persons – 2011

While substantial progress was made in terms of helping displaced persons get resettled in their communities, the recurrence of civil war after presidential elections in Ivory Coast engendered another wave of internal displacement. By the end of March, an estimated 300,000 to 700,000 people had been displaced from the Abobo region along with an additional 45,000 in the west.¹ Moreover, approximately 186,000 went to Liberia as refugees.² International organizations provided humanitarian support to IDPs and food assistance to refugees. By mid-June, an estimated 300,000 remained displaced within the country and over 200,000 persons were in neighboring countries.³ An estimated 500,000 IDPs and over 130,000 refugees returned to their villages by the end of the year.⁴

1. “Twenty-seventh progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2011/211), March 30, 2011.
2. “Twenty-seventh progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2011/211), March 30, 2011.
3. “Twenty-eighth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2011/387), June 24, 2011.
4. “Twenty-ninth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in C™te dÕIvoire,” United Nations Security Council (S/2011/807), December 30, 2011.