A more systematized and equitable response to internally displaced persons outside camps 2012, para. 30
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Recent trends in internal displacement point to a significant and growing number of IDPs living in urban areas, the majority of whom do not live in formal camps. Once in urban environments, IDPs tend to live mixed among the general population and become difficult to identify, protect or assist. Many reasons compel IDPs to move to urban areas, including employment opportunities and in some cases the relative safety of anonymity. By 2030 it is estimated that urban populations will exceed 5 billion and that 80 per cent of these will live in urban centres in the developing world - regions where urban growth is accentuated by increasing number of refugees and IDPs who tend to move to cities.
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Humanitarian
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2012
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/19/54, para. 30.