num_pages: 28
description: This literature review of internally displaced persons, refugees and returnees shows in relation to Liberia, the ongoing conflicts where we lack sufficient understanding of migration patterns and the socio-economic conditions of the displaced, an understanding which is a prerequisite for designing appropriate preventive and mitigating action. This review also highlights the severe lack of protection of civilians in Liberia, children in particular, which leads to forced recruitments to local armed groups as well as exposure to sexual violence.While their most important support generally comes from the communities receiving them, which often have very few resources, international humanitarian organizations have not been able to agree on clear mandates with regard to who should have the overall responsibility for assisting them.
language: English
title: Liberia - The Eye of the Storm: A Review of the Literature on Internally Displaced, Refugees and Returnees, Number 10
titlecomplete: Liberia - The Eye of the Storm: A Review of the Literature on Internally Displaced, Refugees and Returnees, Number 10 (NAI Studies on Emergencies & Disaster Relief)
publisher: Nordic Africa Institute