There are also hundreds of youngsters with little to do and only a makeshift school. But, unlike Umpiang, this camp receives few visits from journalists or diplomats. The Ugandan army tries to give protection and a few young men also carry guns, but they can give little security to most families. Many have travelled long distances on foot to get to a camp or to the relative safety of the town of Bundibugyo, which is now several times its old size. But none has crossed an international border.
None can claim to be a refugee.
They are not the concern of international law, or of the UN . Although their needs are great, efforts to help them are therefore quite inadequate. Get ready for many more Future wars are likely to produce far more such people, rather than official refugees. Most wars are now within, and not between, countries. Today there are some 35 armed conflicts going on around the world.