15 Million People Internally Displaced Jan-June 2020; Natural Disasters Account For About 2/3
Millions of people were uprooted from their homes by conflict, violence and natural disasters in the first six months of this year, research has found. Nearly 15m new internal displacements were recorded in more than 120 countries between January and June by the Swiss-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
Cyclones, floods, bushfires and locust infestations – among other natural disasters – accounted for the vast majority, or 9.8m displacements, according to a report published on Wednesday.
Conflict and violence, primarily in Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso, accounted for another 4.8m displacements, the IDMC found.
An estimated 50.8 million individuals were living as internally displaced people (IDPs) by the end of 2019. Many millions more are likely to be forced from their homes in the coming months due to extreme weather and ongoing violence, the report warns.
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/23/internal-displacements-reach-15m-in-2020-with-worst-still-to-come-report