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           The  Middle  East  and  North  Africa             not crossed an internationally recognized

           (MENA) region has long been a center              border.  There  are  75.9  million  people
           of  geopolitical  tension,  marked  by            living  in  a  state  of  internal  displacement
           conflicts  that  have  uprooted  millions         until the end of 2023. Internally displaced

           of people from their homes. Internally            people  differ  from  refugees  in  that  they
           displaced  people  constitute  a  large           were  forced  to  flee  their  homes  for  the

           demographic  segment,  but  are  often            same  reasons  that  forced  refugees  and
           ignored  in  discussions  of  peace  and          asylum seekers, but they stay within their

           stability.  Internally  displaced  persons        country.  Internally  displaced  persons  do
           (IDPs)  are  defined  as  persons  or             not       deserve        protection        under

           groups  who  have  been  forcibly                 international refugee law, as they remain
           displaced  from  their  usual  place  of          within      the     jurisdiction      of     their
           residence as a result of or to avoid the          governments,  and  there  is  no  law

           effects of armed conflict, situations of          specialized  in  protecting  them,  unlike
           generalized  violence,  human  rights             international  law  for  the  protection  of

           violations,  or  natural  or  man-made            refugees.  Refugees  also  fall  within  the
           disasters and who have                            jurisdiction of the United Nations




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