Friday, January 27, 2006

The world's lost people: neither refugees nor citizens / The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan 2006

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0127/p09s03-coop.html
Donald Steinberg
"Beyond the moral and humanitarian imperatives, mass internal displacement brings chaos that may serve as breeding grounds for terrorism; trafficking in drugs, arms, and persons; pandemic diseases; and other threats to international order. The failure to rapidly return IDPs to their homes can doom peace agreements and reconstruction."