Afghanistan: Conflict-induced Internal Displacement - Monthly Update, May 2015

Key Figures:

• 43,299 individuals displaced by conflict assessed/profiled in May 2015

• Of these:
  2 % displaced in May 2015
  63 % in April 2015
  4 % in March 2015
  6 % in February 2015
  19 % in January 2015
  5 % earlier

• Of these:
  51.6 % male
  48.4 % female
  61 % children

• End of May 2015 around 916,435 IDPs assessed/profiled

PARTNERSHIP

• National IDP Task Force chaired by the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) and cochaired by UNHCR.

• Regional IDP Task Forces chaired by DORR and co-chaired by UNHCR in Jalalabad, Herat, Mazar, Kandahar and Gardez. The Regional IDP Task Forces verify and assess new displacements; coordinate and respond to IDPs' immediate emergency needs.