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Figure 14 | IDPs of concern to UNHCR by region | end-year
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(in millions)
35
25
15
5
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
East and Horn of Africa
Southern Africa
West and Central Africa
Asia and Pacific
Europe (incl. Turkey)
Middle East/North Africa
As shown in Figure 14, UNHCR has engaged with
internally displaced populations all over the world.
It has worked continually in all seven regions,
with varying degrees of involvement. Over time,
with changing operational realities and emerging
solutions, investments in local government and
community capacities have allowed UNHCR to
move its focus to more immediate IDP needs in
other locations.
In countries were UNHCR was called upon to
protect or assist people within national borders
during the past decade, an estimated 59 million
people were newly displaced due to conflict. In
some countries, people were displaced multiple
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2019
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times as a result of renewed conflict, violence
or human rights violations. Yet, this figure does
not constitute the global number. The Internal
Displacement Monitoring Centre estimates that
79 million new internal displacements took place
between 2010 and 2019 due to conflict and
violence. 41
At the end of 2019, Colombia continued
to report the highest number of internally
displaced people, with close to eight million
according to Government statistics. The large
number of registered IDPs comes from the total
cumulative figure from the Victim’s Registry which
commenced in 1985. 42
Figure 15 | IDPs of concern to UNHCR | end-2019
Colombia
Syria
DRC
Yemen
Somalia
Afghanistan
Nigeria
Sudan
Ethiopia
South Sudan
0
2
4
(millions)
6
8
41 Source: Internal-displacement.org. In the case of conflict- and
violence-induced displacement, IDMC conducts situational
monitoring in certain countries after learning of the occurrence
of displacement, and reports the country-wide estimates of new
displacement during the year and the total number of people
displaced at year’s end.
42 See: https://www.unidadvictimas.gov.co/en
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