Source: IRIN
Country: Kenya, Lebanon, Turkey, World
Loren B. Landau (University of the Witwatersrand)
There is growing recognition that the vast majority of displaced persons—refugees and the internally displaced—no longer live in camps. Most are in cities outside of the wealthy west where they live among diverse host populations who often also lead precarious lives.
State and international law offer little protection in such places, where various governance regimes hold sway that may involve local authorities, national actors, militias, developers, chiefs, and gangsters.
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