Queen Noor on Pakistan’s refugee/IDP crisis
Posted by Ethan Casey on June 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment
From the Huffington Post, a reminder of the severity of the immediate humanitarian crisis in Pakistan:
“One challenge to the world’s capacity to care for its citizens is taking place right now in Pakistan, where the conflict between the government and militants in the northwest has forced almost three million people from their homes. According to the UN Refugee Agency, this is the most rapid large-scale displacement the world has witnessed since the movement into the Congo after the Rwandan genocide.
“More than 80 percent of the displaced are staying with host families, posing a tremendous burden to already poor people, and making it difficult for humanitarian agencies to reach the most vulnerable.”
