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According to the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID)-2024, there were 75.9 million people living in internal displacement globally as of the end of 2023, up from 71.1 million in 2022.

More about the GRID report:

• Global Report on Internal Displacement is an annual publication of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). 
• It is the authoritative source for data and analysis on the state of internal displacement for the previous year. 
• Each year, IDMC presents the validated estimates of internal displacements by conflict and disasters, and the total cumulative numbers of IDPs worldwide. 
• The GRID also provides an overview of the year’s most significant internal displacement situations, highlighting potential measures to address the issue across the humanitarian, development, disaster risk reduction and climate change agendas.

Key highlights of the GRID 2024:

Conflicts have driven record 75.9 million people in internal displacement

• Number of internally displaced people (IDPs) has grown 50% in the last five years.
• Conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Palestine accounted for nearly two-thirds of new movements in 2023.
• 3.4 million new movements in the Gaza Strip in the last quarter of 2023, leaving 1.7 million internally displaced by the end of the year

Regional trends:

• Sub-Saharan Africa:
  • Sub-Saharan Africa, which hosts 46% of the world’s IDPs, was again the region most affected by internal displacement in 2023.
• Middle East and North Africa:
  • The conflict in Palestine contributed to an eight-fold increase in conflict displacements in the Middle East and North Africa in 2023 after three years of consecutive decreases. 
  • Disaster displacement figures were also the highest ever reported for the region, largely the result of earthquakes and floods.

• East Asia and the Pacific:

• • East Asia and the Pacific recorded the highest number of disaster displacements globally, although the figure was the lowest since 2017. 
  • Conflict displacement there increased for the third year running, mostly the result of the situation in Myanmar.

• South Asia:

• • Conflict and disasters triggered 47% fewer displacements than the average of the past decade in South Asia, although disasters still uprooted millions of people from their homes.
• Americas:
  • Severe storms in the Americas triggered fewer than half the displacements recorded in 2022 and fewer than a quarter of the annual average since 2015.  
  • Conflict and violence triggered the largest number of movements in the region since records began in 2009, with Colombia and Haiti accounting for 85% of the total.

• Europe and Central Asia:

• Europe and Central Asia recorded by far its highest number of disaster displacements in 2023. 
• The earthquakes in Türkiye accounted for most of them, but wildfire, storm and flood displacements also increased around the Mediterranean basin. 
• Almost all of the conflict displacements recorded in the region were associated with the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

India specific trends:

• Conflict and violence triggered 69,000 displacements in South Asia in 2023, with Manipur violence alone accounting for 67,000.
• It is the highest number of displacements triggered by conflict and violence in India since 2018.
• All of those displaced by the violence during the Manipur conflict were still living in internal displacement at the end of the year.
• 5.3 million people were living in internal displacement as a result of conflict and violence across South Asia at the end of 2023, 80% of whom were in

Why does the number of IDPs keep increasing?

• New escalations of conflict such as in Sudan and Palestine forced millions of people to flee in 2023, adding to the tens of millions already living in displacement from ongoing or previous conflicts. 
• Earthquakes, storms, floods and wildfires destroyed large numbers of homes, forcing even more people to remain displaced at the end of the year. 
• In the absence of durable solutions to displacement, the number will likely continue to rise.

What is needed to reduce the number of IDPs?

• Supporting return, local integration or resettlement, and addressing IDPs’ vulnerabilities, is essential. 
• To prevent new and repeated displacement and end ongoing crises, governments need to reinforce conflict resolution, peacebuilding, disaster risk reduction, poverty reduction and climate action. 
• Better data to inform prevention and response, as well as monitoring progress towards solutions, will help maximise the impact of these interventions.