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Nepal 2008: Human Rights
Human Rights & Social Justice
IDMC
Nepal: sustainability of IDP returns undermined by lack of assistance
June 2008
Nepal: sustainability of IDP returns undermined by lack of assistance
IDMC, 19 June 2008

More than 18 months after a peace agreement between Maoist rebels and the Nepalese government, an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 people displaced by ten years of civil war remain unable to return to their homes. Most are prevented from doing so by unresolved land and property issues, insecurity and a lack of assistance from the government. While some internally displaced people (IDPs) are waiting for better conditions before returning, many are likely to integrate in areas of displacement, mainly in towns and cities, where economic opportunities are greater and where many of them have been living for years. However, most of these IDPs are severely impoverished and struggle to make a living.

For those who have managed (most of them without any government assistance) to return home since the end of hostilities in 2006, the main challenge has been to re-establish a livelihood in areas hard hit by the war, where state institutions and services have only been partly restored. (...)

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Nepal: sustainability of IDP returns undermined by lack of assistance
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Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, June 2008

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), is the leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide.
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