Global population of forcibly displaced people has been reported to exceed 65 million in 2015 [1]. Although international community is highly aware of people who had passed the borders of their country and called as refugees, internally displaced people (IDP) are far more than refugees and not getting as much attention as refugees by the civilized world. As a consequence of collapsing of the Ir...

Despite repeated claims from Russian and pro-Russian Chechen officials that the situation in Chechnya is normalising, the conflict and related human rights abuses continue. 1 The decade of conflict has resulted in an estimated 260 000 internally displaced people. By mid 2004, around 52 000 remained in the neighbouring Republic of Ingushetia. Most live in places unfit for human habitation—tent c...

“Zaatari camp is considered the fourth biggest city in Jordan,” a volunteer medical coordinator who had recently been working there told me last week. She was speaking from the Paris headquarters of Doctors of the World. The charity asked us to keep its volunteers’ identities confidential as healthcare professionals and facilities have been targets for violence. Just inside the border, the Zaat...

Global population of forcibly displaced people has been reported to exceed 65 million in 2015 [1]. Although international community is highly aware of people who had passed the borders of their country and called as refugees, internally displaced people (IDP) are far more than refugees and not getting as much attention as refugees by the civilized world. As a consequence of collapsing of the Ir...