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No Safety No Escape: Children and the Escalating Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka. A report of the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict that documents how many children in Sri Lanka live in a state of constant fear and insecurity. Every day the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE), the Government armed forces, and paramilitary groups commit heinous crimes against children.
A 'Surge' for Refugees" by M. Abramowitz, G. Rupp, John Whitehead and J. Wolfensohn in the New York Times. After meeting with Iraqi refugees and with leaders in both Syria and Jordan, the authors came to the inescapable conclusion that the Iraqi refugee crisis could endure for years and that much more help is needed now.
Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2007
Report of Norwegian Refugee Council. In 2007, the estimated number of people displaced within their countries by armed conflicts and violence passed the 26 million mark, the highest global total since the early 1990s.
"Genocide by Attrition in Sudan" by Eric Reeves in the Washington Post (April 6, 2008). Without significant improvement in security on the ground--for civilians and the humanitarians upon whom they increasingly depend--deaths in the coming months in Darfur will reach a staggering total.