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- Internally Displaced Personssearch for term
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An IDP is a person who has been forced to leave his or her home for reasons such as religious or political persecution, war, or natural disaster, but has not crossed an international border; a refugee is someone who has crossed an international border under such circumstances. While this is a technical distinction, it can often have considerable meaning in international law and in an individual’s ability to receive humanitarian assistance. There are roughly 1.4 million IDPs in the Congo.
