Record 50m people displaced globally
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A record 50.8 million people worldwide are internally displaced due to conflict or disaster, with coronavirus posing a new threat, according to a report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
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Due to conflict and violence (all-time high)

45.7m
Due to natural disasters 5.1m
Total number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide 50.8m
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Top 10 countries with highest number of IDPs (000s)

Due to conflict and violence 
Due to natural disasters

Syria 6,498
Dem. Rep. Congo  5,680
Colombia 5,578
Afghanistan 4,191
Yemen 3,635
Nigeria  2,726
Somalia 2,649
Sudan 2,406
Ethiopia 1,804
Iraq 1,555

   
Figures show IDPs at Dec 31, 2019
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In top 10 countries 36.7m
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Sources: BBC, IDMC Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS