Displacement without end: internally displaced who can’t go home

Abstract

There is relatively little doubt about when refugeestatus ends. The 1951 Refugee Convention clearlyspells out that refugee status ends when the refugeeis no longer in need of protection. The fundamentalprinciple underlying the refugee definition is notmovement across a border but protection or the lackthereof from the government of his/her home country.

Keywords

• forced migration
• refugee
• asylum
• displacement
• IDP