Forced displacement in Africa: Dimensions, difficulties and policy directions

This paper examines the changing scope, scale and dynamics of the problem of human displacement in Africa, drawing on statistical data gathered by UNHCR and other organizations. It then goes on to analyze a number of policy challenges related to this issue: the principle and practice of asylum; insecurity in refugee-populated areas; protracted refugee situations; the return and reintegration of displaced people; and the protection of people who have been displaced within their own country.