displaced people

January 3, 2014

Multiple emergencies 'great test' of global humanitarian system, says UN

An unprecedented number of people are beginning 2014 either internally displaced or as refugees, the United Nations humanitarian chief has warned.
July 28, 2013

Faith leaders promote protection of displaced people

Along with other faith-based groups, the WCC has helped develop the United Nations refugee agency declaration on protection for refugees, displaced and stateless people.
June 19, 2013

Thousands of lives uprooted in forced Romanian evictions

The Romanian authorities stand accused of betraying thousands of citizens through broken promises and "total disregard" of their right to adequate housing.
January 28, 2013

Escalating violence in northern Mali fuelling hunger in the Sahel

The escalating fighting and displacement of people in Mali and neighbouring countries is exacerbating the Sahel’s chronic food crisis, says Christian Aid.
December 24, 2012

Williams highlights plight of displaced people at Christmas

The Christmas letter to the heads of other churches from the Archbishop of Canterbury has made a point of remembering the plight of displaced persons globally.
December 15, 2012

Protection of uprooted people is integral to religions, says WCC

The WCC has welcomed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees dialogue on faith communities and protection of displaced peoples.
October 22, 2012

Over 72 million people are forcibly displaced globally

More than one in every hundred of the world’s citizens are now forcibly displaced, says a new report by the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
October 21, 2012

NGOs want action to stop Afghan displacement camp deaths

Urgent steps are needed if Afghanistan is to avoid a repeat of the deaths among children and adults in the country’s displacement camps last year.
February 9, 2012

Israel asked to cancel plan to forcibly displace Bedouin communities

Amnesty has called on Israel to cancel military plans to forcibly displace around 2,300 Bedouin residents of the West Bank onto an area by a garbage dump.
October 13, 2011

Churches in Colombia launch monitoring programme for violence victims

As a new monitoring programme is launched, human rights groups claim that the number of "displaced people" in Colombia is close to 5 million.