Context:
In 2023, the number of internally displaced people increased to 75.9 million, from 71.1 million in the preceding year, according to the Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024 (GRID-2024) released recently.
Relevance:
GS II: International Relations
Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024 (GRID-2024):
Overview:
- The annual report is published by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).
- It documents internal displacements caused by conflict, violence, and disasters.
Highlights of GRID-2024:
- In 2023, the global number of internally displaced people (IDP) rose to 75.9 million, up from 71.1 million the previous year.
- Displacements: 7.7 million due to disasters (one-fourth from earthquakes) and 68.3 million due to conflict and violence.
- Top Countries: Sudan, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Colombia, and Yemen host nearly half of the world’s IDPs.
- Sudan has the highest number of IDPs recorded for a single country at 9.1 million.
- New displacement mainly occurred in Sudan, the Palestinian territories, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, accounting for almost two-thirds of all new displacement.
South Asia Findings:
- Around 5.3 million people in South Asia were internally displaced due to conflict and violence at the end of 2023, with 80% in Afghanistan.
- Conflict and violence triggered 69,000 displacements in South Asia in 2023, with Manipur violence alone causing 67,000.
- India experienced the highest number of displacements due to conflict and violence since 2018.
- Internal displacements due to natural disasters in India decreased sharply in 2023 to 528,000 from 2.5 million in 2022.
-Source: The Hindu
