IDP: Common Cause of Displacements in Nigeria

Who Are Displaced Persons?
Displaced persons (IDP) under international law are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obligated to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular, as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and they must have either remain within their own national borders (as Internally Displaced Persons) or they must have crossed an internationally recognized state border (as Refugees).
Hence displaced persons are of two categories namely:..Read On at http://www.infodailies.com/common-ca...ts-in-nigeria/