Provisional Mid-Year Figures: Internal Displacement in 2017

Norwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. 08/16/2017 This seven-page report summarizes provisional estimates based on available data that show there were over nine million new cases of internal displacement brought on by conflict, violence, and disasters between January and June 2017. Disaster displacement continues at an unabated pace, with 4.5 million new displacements across 350 events. As of the end of June 2017, this information covers 29 countries for conflict-related displacement and 76 countries for disaster-related displacement. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news