A record number of 41.3 million people are displaced in their own countries due to conflict and violence.
According to a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre –IDMC of the Norwegian Refugee Council, the number of people living in internal displacement the world over as at the end of 2018, is the highest it has ever been.
It said the figure is an increase of over one million since the end of 2017 and two-thirds more than the global number of refugees.
Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria and the rise in intercommunal tension in Ethiopia, Cameroon and Nigeria’s Middle Belt region triggered most of the 10.8 million new displacements linked to conflict and violence, the Council said.
“This year’s report is a sad reminder of the recurrence of displacement, and of the severity and urgency of IDPs’ needs.” IDMC’s director Alexandra Bilak said.
