Description: An unprecedented 53.2 million people were living in internal displacement as a result of conflict and violence at the end of the year across 59 countries and territories. This is an increase of 5.8 million compared with 2020, driven mostly by growing numbers of IDPs in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia and Yemen. Their number also remained worryingly high in Syria, DRC and Colombia, which between them accounted for nearly a third of the global total. The global figure includes not only people displaced last year, but also those who fled their homes several years or even decades ago. The overwhelming majority of the IDPs in Nigeria, for example, have been living in displacement for five to seven years, while most of those in Mozambique have been displaced over the course of the past 24 months.
Published in: Global Report on Internal Displacement 2022 - IDMC's Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) is the world’s leading source of data and analysis on internal displacement. This year's edition includes a special focus on internally displaced children and youth. Full report can be downloaded here.
Copyright © IDMC, 23 May 2022
No comments:
Post a Comment