People fleeing war, violence and natural disasters who never escape the borders of their countries often face worse struggles than refugees in foreign lands. Senior Fellow Elizabeth Ferris, director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, outlines the struggles of IDPs—internally displaced persons.
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Podcast@ Brookings Podcast: The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons
Elizabeth Ferris
Elizabeth Ferris
Former Brookings Expert,
Research Professor, Institute for the Study of International Migration
- Georgetown University
@Beth_Ferris
April 13, 2012