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 * Displaced People Should Not Be Put In Camps**

The ICRC (International Committee of the Red cross) has figured out that 26 million people worldwide have been driven from their homes because of armed conflict and violence. There was this horrible story that was told from one of the displaced people who was Mariam. One night there were gunmen coming by different ways of transportation. She grabbed her four children and ran during the night with about 300 other families also at the same time were being shot at by the rebel militia. That attack took place in 2005 when her youngest child was on her back. She also said "We walked for two days, always looking for somewhere to rest. With the heat, we were exhausted. On the third day, my baby died." The ICRC warned by saying this "Camps for people uprooted by natural disasters or armed conflict inside their own country can stir envy among locals and become a recruiting ground for armed groups." So it would be better placed in towns and villages not camps where they could be a recruiting ground for armed groups. The ICRC also said that Congo, Iraq, Pakistan, and Sudan have pretty high numbers of internally displaced people. When the people that fled from Mariam's village, the majority that fled went to a town south of their village, Gereida. Gereida, a small town of 20,000 people swelled up to 148,000 people and many of them's survival relies on the aid agencies who provide shelter and accomdations. The ICRC said if the conditions in the villages improve, more than one third of the people that are currently living in Gereida will return back. Currently, Mariam is back in her homeland with her children living in a tent.

Sources: CNN: [] Daily Press: []

These two articles were completely different I mean they didn't share any info except for the part where they talked about the 26 million people who fled for different reasons based on the two articles. They also didn't have the same quotes from the ICRC or Mariam. The Daily Press articles on this didn't at all talk about Mariam's story at all so that was another difference. So basically these two articles are different in all ways except for a few exceptions but they're on the same topic.

My opinion on this event is that they should figure a new way to put these displaced people into good places. I mean if they said putting them into camps can attract armed groups to get people recruited then that's not good. Towns can't be used because they overfill the town so survival is harder because of the giant population. They need to figure out a good solid place where it won't affect a set population for a town or attract armed groups to try to recruit people. But I think the ICRC are trying to find a place but they don't have enough money to create a place and give them the supplies they need to survive. So you could help this cause by donating to the ICRC or you could spread word but this is why I think they should do which is putting the displaced people into good places.