Natural disasters leave further 7.7 million homeless, pushing total number of displaced people to 75.9 million
Conflict 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.
Christelle Cazabat, the head of programmes at the centre, which is part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said: “Not only do we have new crises starting or old crises that are being reignited, prompting more people to be newly displaced, but also, perhaps more importantly, the people who have been displaced for years, sometimes even decades, who are not able to start their lives anew or live in the way they did before their displacement.
Sudan accounted for most of the conflict-related displacement in the region. The violence that broke out last April caused 6 million new movements in 2023 – the second-highest figure recorded sinceThe renewed insurgency launched by M23 rebels in DRC last year has pushed the number of IDPs to 6.7 million.In Yemen, despite a truce that has broadly held since April 2022, the number of internally displaced has remained at 4.
“It’s wrong to think that all displaced people will come back to their homes after a few weeks, maybe after a few months and then just start their lives where they left it,” she said. “The suffering and the displacement last far beyond the news cycle. Too often their fate ends up in silence and neglect. The lack of protection and assistance that millions endure cannot be allowed to continue.”
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