The increasing use of forced displacement as an objective of conflict, rather than a consequence of conflict, reflects that intra-state conflict has replaced inter-state conflict as the dominant form of conflict worldwide (Orchard, 2010: 38). The aim of these “new wars” is to control population and territory by killing or expelling those of a different ethnic, religious or political identity (Kaldor, 1999: 100, Orchard, 2010: 39). First, “facts of displacement frequently become acts of mass atrocity” (Orchard, 2010: 39).