Source: Preemptive Love, November 24, 2020<\/p>\n
There are two camps in northern Iraq, separated by a single road, for those who fled war. Neither is what you\u2019d call comfortable. Hardship and hunger are present in both. But when you look at these camps, within sight of each other, you can\u2019t help but see the difference.<\/p>\n
In one, concrete houses line mostly paved roads. The structures are tiny and nothing remotely like home. But they\u2019re reasonably sturdy, and they give families a degree of safety and privacy. UN and big aid logos are emblazoned on practically everything. And while the amount of help here is nothing like what it used to be, it\u2019s also not nothing.<\/p>\n
Across the road, there are mainly tents\u2014many of them years beyond their useful life. There is far less security here, and far too little help. What meager support there is for the families who live here? It\u2019s disappearing soon.<\/p>\n
What makes the difference? One is a refugee camp, and one is a camp for IDPs, or internally displaced people.<\/p>\n
The humanitarian aid world is famous for its jargon\u2014for its insider language and acronyms. To the outside observer, it can all seem pretty opaque. But some labels matter. Arguably, none matter more than the labels \u201crefugee\u201d versus \u201cinternally displaced person\u201d (IDP).<\/p>\n
It may seem like splitting hairs, but the difference between these two categories\u2014and which you fall into if you have to flee your home\u2014can be the difference between getting the help you need\u2026 or not.<\/p>\n
\u00bb See full story<\/a> with pictures.<\/p>\n \u00bb Also read this story about a young man in an IDP camp in Iraq who escaped ISIS to encounter coronavirus\u2014and Christ<\/a> (Christian Aid Mission).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Preemptive Love, November 24, 2020 There are two camps in northern Iraq, separated by a single road, for those who fled war. Neither is what you\u2019d call comfortable. Hardship and hunger are present in both. But when you look at these camps, within sight of each other, you can\u2019t help but see the difference. … Continue reading IRAQ: The Difference Between Refugees and IDPs (and Why It Matters More Than Ever)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9747,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9746\/revisions\/9747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}