South Asia Compared by People > Migration > Internally displaced persons > Number, high estimate
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Internally displaced persons (number, high estimate). Internally displaced persons are people or groups of people who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of armed conflict, or to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters and who have not crossed an international border.
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Interesting observations about People > Migration > Internally displaced persons > Number, high estimate
- All of the top 2 countries by migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate are Hot countries.
- Sudan ranked first for migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate amongst Failed states in 2010.
- Colombia has ranked in the top 2 for migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate since 2004.
- Afghanistan ranked last for migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate amongst South Asia in 2011.
- Iraq ranked second for migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate amongst Religious countries in 2011.
- 5 of the top 7 countries by migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate are Muslim.
- Turkey ranked first for migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate amongst Potential Future EU Members in 2011.
- Russia ranked last for migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate amongst Emerging markets in 2010.
- Azerbaijan ranked first for migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate amongst Eastern Europe in 2011.
- Pakistan ranked first for migration > internally displaced persons > number, high estimate amongst South and Central Asia in 2011.
