More people are currently displaced within their own countries than ever recorded before due to conflict, violence, disasters and the impact of climate change. The number of internally displaced ...

A new report released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) paints a stark picture of internal displacement across the globe, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing a significant burden. The ...

With a record 80 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is highlighting the plight of those who have fled their homes but have remained inside their own countries.

Today, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched his Action Agenda on Internal Displacement. With over 59 million people currently internally displaced around the world – the highest number ...

Today, UNHCR the UN Refugee Agency, Government authorities, UN agencies and partners have renewed their commitment to finding and facilitating solutions to internal displacement. At a high-level event ...

The northeast Indian state of Manipur witnessed the highest displacement triggered by conflict and violence in South Asia last year, according to the 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement by the ...

Cyclones, floods and other disasters forced people from their homes 45.8 million times last year, official figures show, nearly double the annual average over the past decade. Virtually all of these ...

David Cantor is a professor and director of the Refugee Law Initiative and Internal Displacement Research Programme at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK. By the end of 2023, there ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

A joint report by UNICEF and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center brings into sharper focus one of the harshest impacts of climate change: child displacement. UNICEF cited the new data as ...

In furtherance of their commitment to ending internal displacement in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, the government of Nigeria and the United Nations (UN) have unveiled the States Action Plans on ...

Sikanyiso Masuku is a Research fellow in the Institute for Democracy Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa (IDCPPA) at the University of Cape Town. He also receives funding from the African Centre ...