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According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the number of forcibly displaced people has doubled to a record 120 million over the past decade

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As of the end of last year, there are approximately 117.3 million people worldwide who have been forcibly displaced due to conflict and violence, persecution, and human rights violations. This number has continued to rise in the first four months of 2024, with some reports indicating that it has swelled further to around 120 million people by April. The UN refugee agency attributes this increase to ongoing conflicts, stating that "conflict remains a very, very deep driver of displacement." In fact, forced displacement globally has smashed records, with the number of displaced individuals equivalent to the population of London in 2023 alone.

  1. UN High Commissioner for Refugees
    1. There have been numerous international appeals and conferences, but South Sudan has only received 16% of the funding it needs to care for the displaced population.
    2. The vast majority of refugees are hosted in countries neighbouring their own, with 75 percent residing in low- and middle-income countries that together produce less than 20 percent of the world's income.
    3. If you are displaced after five years, you don't want to continue receiving humanitarian assistance. You have to provide means for people to be able to feed themselves and have a normal life. Whatever they were doing or whatever work they were doing, they should be able to continue doing it in the country that received them. That is where solidarity is needed.
  2. IT
    Filippo Grandi
    UN High Commissioner for Refugees
    1. Unless there is a shift in international geopolitics, unfortunately, I actually see that figure continuing to go up.
    2. Conflict remains a very, very big driver of mass displacement.
    3. Another refugee crisis outside Gaza would be catastrophic on all levels, including because we have no guarantee that the people will be able to return to Gaza one day.
    4. These are refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people, people being forced away by conflict, by persecution, by different and increasingly complex forms of violence.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Center

  1. According to the UN Refugee Agency, the number of people displaced by conflict and natural disasters reached a record 71 million in 2022

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.Daily Sabah
  3. 3.The Times of India
  4. 4.El Paìs
  5. 5.Al Jazeera
  6. 6.The Washington Post
  7. 7.France 24

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.World Economy
  3. 3.Immigration
  4. 4.Demography

countries

  1. 1.AfghanistanAF
  2. 2.Congo, The Democratic Republic of theCD
  3. 3.ColombiaCO
  4. 4.GermanyDE
  5. 5.EgyptEG
  6. 6.EthiopiaET
  7. 7.FranceFR
  8. 8.IsraelIL
  9. 9.IraqIQ
  10. 10.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  11. 11.ItalyIT
  12. 12.JapanJP

organizations

  1. 1.UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  2. 2.United Nations
  3. 3.European Union
  4. 4.HamasPS
  5. 5.UN Relief and Works Agency
  6. 6.Institute for Economics and Peace
  7. 7.Rapid Support Forces

persons

  1. 1.Filippo GrandiIT
  2. 2.Raouf Mazou

technicals

  1. 1.World War II
  2. 2.1951 Refugee Convention
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the number of forcibly displaced people has doubled to a record 120 million over the past decade