Eritrea: Border deadlock and under-funding perpetuate IDP plight

Internal displacement in Eritrea stems from a combination of war and drought. At the height of the 1998-2000 border war there were 1.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in Eritrea. This number has fallen sharply but there are still over 45,000 IDPs who cannot return home, mainly because of the tensions that persist due to the deadlock over the border.