Internal Displacement in Armed Conflict: Facing up to the Challenges

In countries like Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Georgia, Kenya, Liberia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia and
Sudan, IDPs – as they are labelled – have been driven from their homes and deprived of security, shelter, food, water, livelihood and the support of their communities. The hardship they endure is
often so extreme it threatens their survival.