House Bill (HB) No. 8629 was approved during Tuesday's plenary session via viva voce or voice voting. The said proposal defines internal displacement as 'the involuntary movement or forced evacuation or expulsion of any person or group of persons who flee or leave their homes or places of habitual residence, within the national borders' so that they could avoid 'armed conflict, situations of generalized and/or organized violence, violations of human rights, implementation of development projects, natural, human-induced and human-made hazards'.

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