Conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to a total of 68m IDPs across the worldConflict has forced more than 68 million people to leave their homes as of the end of 2023 – the highest figure since data became available 15 years ago.Natural disasters made a further 7.7 million people homeless, pushing the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) to a record 75.9 million, according to figures published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on Tuesday. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/14/global-violence-causing-record-numbers-of-internally-displaced-people
Author : Kaamil Ahmed
Publish date : 2024-05-14 05:00:28
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Global violence causing record numbers of internally displaced people
