Kemper T., Jenerowicz M., Soille P. “Counting people in refugee/IDP camps in Darfur/Sudan: what error is acceptable?”, Proc. of VALgEO 2009, European Comission, Joint Research Centre, pp. 153-155

INTRO: According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the forced population displacement has grown in size and complexity in recent years; there were approx. 42 million forcibly displaced people worldwide at the end of 2008. Out of these 10.2 million are living in Africa. The majority is affected by the Darfur war, where 2.7 million were internally displaced by January 2009 out of a total population of about six million (UNHCR 2009). (…)

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