8.2
Million People Newly Displaced by
Conflict in 2013
A record 33.3
Million People were internally
Displaced by
Conflict and violence in their home countries in 2013, according to a
new report the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) released on Wednesday. The figure is an astounding increase of 4.5
Million from the previous year.
As a result of more recent crises, a total number of 8.2
Million People were
Newly Displaced in
2013 — 43% of which were in
Syria alone. The three countries with the most
Displaced People — Syria, the Central African of Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo — made up 67% of
Newly internally
Displaced People in the world.
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