Number of internally displaced people hits record due to war, climate change
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The number of internally displaced people reached a record 71.1 million worldwide last year due to conflicts such as the war in Ukraine and climate calamities like the monsoon floods in Pakistan, according to data published on Thursday. The Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre said that figure represented a 20 per cent increase […]
Extreme weather was the biggest reason for people to flee homes in 2020
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Extreme weather linked to climate change and mass evacuations to protect those at risk are driving a global surge in families forced from their homes, with a share remaining displaced long-term, analysts said on Thursday. About 98 per cent of new movements of people from their houses in 2020 were caused […]
“Forgotten crisis” as drought displaces hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians are living in camps up to four years after being displaced by drought, researchers said on Friday, warning climate change could exacerbate the problem. Ethiopia is home to millions of pastoralists who are particularly vulnerable to climate change as they depend on their livestock to survive. […]
Conflict and disaster force millions from their homes
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Conflict and disasters forced nearly 11 million people from their homes in the first half of this year, a global monitoring group said on Thursday, warning mass displacement was becoming “the norm”. Natural disasters such as cyclones and floods caused seven million people to leave their homes, while a further 3.8 million […]
DISASTER READINESS: STAY OR GO? AS WEATHER GETS WILDER, NATIONS URGED TO PREPARE FOR DISPLACEMENT
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Conflicts uproot a record 41 million in their own countries
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A record 41.3 million people were uprooted within their own countries last year due to conflicts and violence, data showed on Friday, with two-thirds displaced in just 10 countries including Syria, Colombia and Somalia. The increase in internally displaced people – which was one million higher than in 2017 – suggested that […]
As people flee wars, disaster, countries lose ‘billions’
Thomson Reuters Foundation People fleeing war, natural disasters or violence within their own countries could be costing countries a combined $US13 billion a year, a new study released on Wednesday revealed. The yearly financial losses ranged from $US174 in Somalia to $US451 in the Central African Republic, said researchers at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre […]
‘Vicious cycle’ as conflict uproots millions in Africa
Thomson Reuters Foundation Violence and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa forced 15,000 people from their homes every day in 2017, double the previous year’s figure, an international monitoring centre said on Wednesday, urging more help for those displaced within their own countries. The region accounted for nearly half the 11.8 million people worldwide who were displaced […]