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- Overwhelmingly, the main cause of displacement is civil wars or armed insurgencies, which force large numbers to leave their homes or areas of residence. Attention must particularly be drawn to the fact that a large proportion of the internally displaced consists of women and children.
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The total number of people living in internal displacement increased by 51% over the past five years, reaching a record high of 75.9 million people across 116 countries at the end of 2023.
6 days ago · The most recent figures gathered by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) revealed that 68.3 million people remained internally displaced due to conflict and violence. An estimated 9.1 million people...
Jun 13, 2024 · According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, this number has risen to 68.3 million people – a nearly 50 per cent increase in five years. Additionally, the number of refugees and those needing international protection increased to 43.4 million based on UNHCR and UNWRA mandates.
May 14, 2024 · At the end of 2022, 8.7 million people were living in internal displacement due to disasters. Not all disaster displacement is climate-related, but as climate change continues to make extreme weather events more common and more intense, ever more people are at risk of being forced to flee their homes. Focus area.
Oct 29, 2021 · The way that internal displacement shapes the social situation of IDPs can produce long-lasting, diffuse and even transgenerational health impacts; a study on Palestinian IDPs suggests that they, their families and descendants, had poorer health than non-IDPs, even 60 years after initial displacement (Daoud et al., 2012).
Oct 7, 2021 · Previous studies in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Georgia and Kenya all indicate that IDPs are more likely than the non-displaced population to have mental health conditions.