Escaping War: Where to next? The Challenges of IDP Protection in Afghanistan

Displacement has been a feature of Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis for decades, yet a new study by NRC, IDMC and Samuel Hall reveals how intensifying conflict across the country has caused a sharp escalation in the numbers of IDPs across the country.

 Last year, on average, 1200 Afghan women, girls, boys and men were displaced each day. Over a million have been forced to flee their homes the in last two years alone.

Escaping War: Where to next? The Challenges of IDP Protection in Afghanistan sheds new light on the protection challenges facing displaced Afghans. Combining the voices of IDPs with analysis of primary data collected from IDPs and secondarily displaced returning refugees across Afghanistan, the study reveals major gaps in access to key humanitarian services, as well as a set of persistent and entrenched vulnerabilities that blight the lives of IDPs.