Global Scenario of Conflict Induced Displacement: A Survey of Literature

Through the twentieth century there has been a significant growth in the frequency of armed conflicts across the globe. These conflicts have not only led to widespread death but extensive displacement, fear and economic devastation. The most affected of these conflicts are those who get dislocated from their native places under unbearable violent conditions. The problem of these IDPs is really a daunting humanitarian challenge. Today about thirty-eight million people (UNHCR 2015) are believed to have become displaced. The IDPs also differ from the refugees (those who cross an international border) as there are no specific international legal instruments in international law to protect the IDPs like the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol, nor a mandated institution such as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The issues of the internally displaced have remained less understood as compared to other displaced ones like refugees or asylum seeker because of their internal crises. The paper will aim to explore the global scenario of the IDPs in relation to the existing literature.