Who are Internally Displaced Persons?
An Internally Displaced Person (IDP) may have been forced to flee his home for the same reasons as a refugee, but has not crossed an internationally recognized border. Many IDPs are in refugee-like situations and face the same problems as refugees. There are more IDPs in the world than refugees. Globally, there are an estimated 20-25 million so-called internally displaced persons (IDPs) and UNHCR helps 6.3 million of these.
