Friday, April 26, 2024

Topic: Internally displaced

100 million displaced in 2022, ‘a record that should never have been set’

A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of ways, and push for more legal, and safe ways for people to migrate.

For first time ever, people forced to flee homes surpassed 100 million this year

For the first time ever, the number of people forced to flee their homes surpassed 100 million this year. Most, 59.1 million, are displaced within their own countries, often for years or even decades.