17/07/2020 The New Humanitarian | COVID-19 shifts Peru’s internal migration into reverse Free Newsletter 25 years of journalism from the heart of crises TNH That con ict left some 70,000 people dead and over 30,000 missing from 1980-2000, according to a truth and reconciliation commission. Up to 600,000 Peruvians were displaced in those 20 years, mostly from poor rural communities to coastal cities. Approximately 350,000 decided to stay in their new communities after the violence subsided. Residents of Nuevo Almanecer were permitted to occupy the area as part of a reparations deal with the government. Many of them, like Caillahua, had lost relatives who were “disappeared” in Ayacucho, very often by state forces. In recent months, residents’ lives have been unsettled once again, as work has become impossible for many. Caillagua, who moved to Lima in 2002, said COVID-19 has also appeared in the community, after some residents violated the lockdown to search for work. Subscribe https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/07/08/Peru-internal-migration-coronavirus 5/10