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Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in the Gaza Strip

Posted on: 14 March 2013
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Since 2010 the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) has been carrying out a series of studies on urban displacement. This multi-year research project, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, explores the phenomenon of displacement in the urban environment and the implications and challenges it poses for humanitarian action. Through field research in eight urban centres in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, the study aims to consider the reality of life for displaced populations in urban areas, investigate the policy and operational challenges that confront national and international stakeholders when responding to the needs of urban internally displaced people and refugees, and offer recommendations for strengthening support to these populations. The latest report looks at internal displacement over the past ten years in Gaza.

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