Geography|1 Name Instructors name Geography Date Forced migration of Africans to the western hemisphere Forced migration still

continues to be an interminable and persistent growing problem across Africa mainly in south of the Sahara desert Gathering more than 1! million people in 1" countries that were forced to flee from their home to a different region of their country# these people are regarded as internally displaced people According to the Secretary$General of the % N &an 'i$moon# (Displacement remains arguably the most significant humanitarian challenge that we face) At the end of year *++,# it was belie-ed that 1. of the worlds population /0 , billion people1 was estimated to be displaced by se-eral reasons such as armed conflict# assault# large$scale pro2ects and natural malady# Africa hosting more than half of those people that were displaced due to -iolence 3i4e mentioned earlier# the continent of Africa hosts more the 5+. of the worlds internally displaced people 6he reasons for this measure widely differs from -iolence or armed conflict for e7ample the Sudanese conflict which cumulated o-er 1+ +++ fatalities per year For this reason Sudan is the country with the largest amount of people# about 1 million# displaced in the whole Africa Although# war# -iolence and armed conflicts are present in Africa# this continent is also rec4oned for the worlds highest number of return mo-ements For e7ample# the Democratic 8epublic of 9ongo returned o-er 1 million people home :oreo-er# the aftermath

Geography|* of the ci-il war in Angola in *++*# more than "++ +++ people returned to their rightful place during *++; 6o conclude# the forced migration problem is a method which attempts to 4eep innocent people for different harms# whether those harms consist of armed conflicts# ci-il war# diseases and so on and so forth# the migration programs interest is to aid and sa-e as many people as possible

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