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affected by the emergency.
Compiled by WHO.
Profile of IDP population
Number of internally displaced (IDPs)
and their locations, as reported by federal and regional governmental authorities,
up to 12 January:
| Population profile |
Number of IDPs
|
| IDPs from Chechnya in Ingushetia |
150,000 - 185,000
|
| IDPs who have returned home |
35,000 - 70,000
|
| IDPs from Chechnya in Dagestan |
7,000
|
The above numbers are changing constantly as people move to other republics or to the northern parts of Chechnya.
The United Nations estimates that at least 75% of IDPs in Ingushetia are living with host families.
According to various sources of information, 15,000-40,000 civilians still remain in Grozny.
Both in Ingushetia and Dagestan, women and children make up an overwhelming majority of the IDPs.
According to the UNHCR household survey, 78% of the IDPs are women and children.
Latest news:
Both sides of the conflict are accusing the other of using chemical weapons.
Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov calls
for a ceasefire because of critical level of chemical contamination in
Grozny, "resulting from the Russian air bombardment of a chemical
plant in the city and the use of chemical weapons by Russian forces".
Russian federal forces categorically deny this and say that chlorine released
by Chechen rebels poses a hazard for civilians trapped in Grozny.
It seems, however, that both sides agree on the reality of hazardous release of chlorine or other chemicals.
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