Global Overview 2012: People internally displaced by conflict and violence | Land Portal

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avril 2013
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The total number of people internally displaced by armed conflict, generalised violence and human rights violations worldwide as of the end of 2012 was estimated to be 28.8 million. This represents an increase of 2.4 million on the previous year, and is the highest figure IDMC has ever recorded. Around 6.5 million people were newly displaced, almost twice as many as the 3.5 million during 2011.


The increase was the result of new large-scale population movements in several countries in Africa and the Middle East. The conflicts in Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were responsible for around half of the new displacements, with 2.4 million and one million respectively, while an estimated 500,000 people fled their homes in both Sudan and India.


The higher figures for both overall and new displacement are consistent with the rise in the number of violent conflicts around the world. Reports suggest that there were more highly violent conflicts in Africa in 2012 than at any time since 1945.


The largest regional increase in the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in 2012 was in the Middle East and North Africa, where 2.5 million people were forced to flee their homes. There are now almost six million IDPs in the region, a rise of 40 per cent on the 2011 total of 4.3 million. In the Middle East generally, and particularly in Syria, there has been a close correlation between the rapid escalation of conflict and the sharp rise in the number of IDPs.


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The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is the global leader in the provision of data and analysis on internal displacement. Since our establishment in 1998, we have been committed to offering a rigorous, transparent and independent service to the international community and to informing policy and operational decisions that can improve the lives of the millions of people living in internal displacement, or at risk of becoming displaced in the future.


 


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