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The United Nations and the homecoming of displaced populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Tim Allen
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According to UNHCR figures, in 1970 there were 2.5 million refugees in the world. In 1980, the figure was 11 million. By the early 1990s, the alarming spread of civil wars was prompting an average of 10,000 people a day to flee across an international border. In 1993, the estimated number of refugees had risen to 18.2 million. In addition there were at least 24 million people who been forcibly displaced within their own countries (UNHCR, 1993:1). In 1994, the situation has deteriorated further, particularly in Africa. In the past few weeks, well over a million refugees have fled the fighting in Rwanda.

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II. Humanitarian agencies and vulnerable groups
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 34 , Special Issue 301: On the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies , August 1994 , pp. 340 - 353
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1994

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