Nearly 61 million new internal displacements or movements were registered in 2022, according to a newly released Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) report.
The figure represents a 60 per cent increase compared to the previous year and is the highest ever reported. According to the Global Report on Internal Displacement 2023, released yesterday, conflict and violence triggered 28.3 million displacements, the highest figure in a decade, with Ukraine accounting for 60 per cent of the total.
Reacting to the report, Director General of International Organisation for Migration , António Vitorino, said: “We are seeing the continuing trend of unprecedented large-scale disasters causing significant loss of life, destruction of homes and livelihoods and new levels of displacements. Enhancing our common efforts on climate action and investing in safe, regular and orderly migration pathways are more important than ever.
Despite these daunting challenges, knowledge gaps remain in how the international community understands and addresses internal displacement in conflict and disaster contexts.
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