The Impact of Internally Displace Persons (IDP) on Host Communities of Adamawa State, Nigeria
Posted: 31 Mar 2020 Last revised: 3 Apr 2020
Date Written: March 5, 2020
Abstract
Whenever, people are forcefully displaced due to violent conflict such as Boko Haram insurgency, Herdsmen attack, religious and communal conflict they usually seek for refuge elsewhere. Thus, when they are within their country, they are called Internally Displaced Persons (IDP). These calibers of people usually receive assistance and support from humanitarian organizations both nationally and internationally. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of internally displaced persons on host community of Adamawa state. A literature review on areas of such displacement of IDPs in the state especially during the heydays of Boko Haram insurgency was done, socio-economic and infrastructural and security impact was also carried out. Descriptive survey design method was adopted for the study. Having presented and analyzed the data, findings revealed IDPs have great impact on their host community. This impact usually manifest in the decay of the infrastructure, socio-economic instability, increases in crime rate in such communities and so on. The study therefore, recommended that for peaceful co-existence of the IDPs in the community, there is also need for support and assistance for the host communities instead of the IDPs alone and that of Government and Non-Governmental Organizations should address the immediate challenges of both IDPs and the host communities.
Keywords: Host Community, Internally Displaced Persons, Impact
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