With internal displacement at a record high, aid chief backs action call

The number of internally displaced people around the world is at a record high – well over 70 million – it’s a global crisis that needs collaborative solutions from the humanitarian community, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Wednesday.

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With internal displacement at a record high, aid chief backs action call

UN appeals for $35 billion to help world’s ‘most vulnerable and fragile’ in 2021

01 Dec 2020

A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection next year, a near- 40 per cent increase on 2020 which is “almost entirely from COVID-19”, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Tuesday.

A record number of people will need help worldwide during 2020: Global Humanitarian Overview

04 Dec 2019

A record 168 million people worldwide will need help and protection in crises spanning more than 50 countries in 2020, the UN’s emergency relief chief has said, in an appeal for nearly $29 billion in humanitarian aid from donors.

Global Refugee Forum opens amid ‘crisis of humanity’

13 Dec 2023

A record 114 million forcibly displaced around the world represents a “crisis of humanity”, UN refugee agency (UNHCR) chief Filippo Grandi said on Wednesday as the Global Refugee Forum got underway in Geneva.