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More than a million people, primarily women and children, have been newly displaced in Syria since rebels launched an offensive to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations humanitarian agency said Thursday. Since the escalation of...

The UN announced on Thursday that a startling 120 million people are living under forced displacement as a result of conflict, violence, and persecution. The organization called the steadily rising figure a “terrible indictment on the...

According to a record-breaking estimate released by the UN on Wednesday, there are currently more than 114 million people living outside their houses due to forcible eviction. “The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence...

In Cox’s Bazar, at least six Rohingyas were murdered in landslides and flooding, while 15 Bangladeshis were killed and more than 200,000 people were stranded due to water. Heavy monsoon rains produced landslides and flash floods...

Despite calls for a ceasefire and sympathy during the Covid-19 epidemic, violence and persecution continue and people are being forced to flee their homes. Currently, a record number of people have been displaced. The United Nations...

News Hour: IOM has identified 1,770,444 people as displaced across Nigeria through its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). This is a decrease from the 1,822,541 recorded in late October, reflecting the continuing trend of internally displaced persons...

News Hour According to IOM’s first regional analysis of displacement trends in the Lake Chad Basin crisis triggered by the Boko Haram insurgency, 2,635,450 individuals are now displaced in the region, both internally and across borders...

News Hour: IOM has identified 430,062 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in seven districts in Somalia after piloting its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in the country from April to May 2016. The DTM was rolled out across...