A record 50.8 million people worldwide were internally displaced last year due to conflict or disaster according to the data revealed by a recent report.

This is the highest number ever, and 10 million more than in 2018.

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The report published by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s&nbsp;Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), also said that&nbsp;Covid-19 may add further risks to millions of already vulnerable people.

It showed that the majority of new cases of displacement last year were in poorer countries.

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The data used&nbsp;in the study was calculated at the end of 2019. It was revealed that 45.7 million people were internally displaced&nbsp; and effectively became&nbsp;refugees in their own country,&nbsp;as a result of violence in 61 countries.

An additional 5.1 million people in 96 countries had been displaced by natural disasters&nbsp;such as earthquakes and floods.

Contributing to the figures, it says, are 33.4 million new displacements recorded in 2019, the highest annual figure since 2012.

Alexandra Bilak, the IDMC director, said she had hoped internal displacement would receive more global attention this year, following the launch in October of a&nbsp;UN high-level panel&nbsp;to address the problem and find long-term solutions. The panel held its first meeting in February.

A record 50.8 million people worldwide were internally displaced last year due to conflict or disaster according to the data revealed by a recent report. This is the highest number ever, and 10 million more than in 2018.

A record 50.8 million people worldwide were internally displaced last year due to conflict or disaster according to the data revealed by a recent report. This is the highest number ever, and 10 million more than in 2018. Also read: How COVID-19 can push half a billion people into poverty? The report published by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), also said that Covid-19 may add further risks to millions of already vulnerable people. It showed that the majority of new cases of displacement last year were in poorer countries. Also read: When will COVID-19 end in US, UK, France, India? Study predicts dates & month The data used in the study was calculated at the end of 2019. It was revealed that 45.7 million people were internally displaced and effectively became refugees in their own country, as a result of violence in 61 countries. An additional 5.1 million people in 96 countries had been displaced by natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. Contributing to the figures, it says, are 33.4 million new displacements recorded in 2019, the highest annual figure since 2012. Alexandra Bilak, the IDMC director, said she had hoped internal displacement would receive more global attention this year, following the launch in October of a UN high-level panel to address the problem and find long-term solutions. The panel held its first meeting in February.

Report reveals record 50 million people internally displaced

States&nbsp;have&nbsp;pledged&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;$3&nbsp;billion&nbsp;(£2.34&nbsp;billion) to support&nbsp;refugees&nbsp;and about 50,000 resettlement places, the&nbsp;United Nations Refugee Agency said on Wednesday at the end of a ministerial conference.

UN&nbsp;High Commissioner for&nbsp;Refugees&nbsp;Filippo Grandi said that the Global Forum on&nbsp;Refugees&nbsp;had broadened responsibility, sharing for 25.9 million&nbsp;refugees&nbsp;who have fled war and persecution, mainly exiled in poor neighbouring countries.

Grandi told a final news conference that the $3&nbsp;billion&nbsp;was in addition to the World Bank and other&nbsp;pledges. The private sector&nbsp;pledged $250 million, but all the figures were preliminary, Grandi said.

Germany, which has taken in hundreds of thousands of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/40000-refugees-expelled-from-istanbul-262461">Syrian&nbsp;refugees</a>,&nbsp;pledged some 1.7&nbsp;billion&nbsp;euros, Grandi said. The Inter-American Development Bank&nbsp;pledged $1&nbsp;billion&nbsp;to communities hosting&nbsp;refugees&nbsp;in Latin America, while the World Bank announced it was expanding funding for projects supporting&nbsp;refugees&nbsp;by 10 per cent to $2.2&nbsp;billion, Grandi added.

States&nbsp;pledged 50,000 new resettlement and other legal pathways for&nbsp;refugees&nbsp;to remain in host countries, he said.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump said in September that it planned to allow only 18,000&nbsp;refugees&nbsp;to <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-administration-plans-to-slash-number-of-refugees-for-us-resettlement-252364">resettle</a> in the&nbsp;United&nbsp;States&nbsp;in the 2020 fiscal year, the lowest number in the history of the modern refugee programme.

The <a href="https://www.wionews.com/opinions/few-immigrants-fit-the-legal-definition-of-global-refugees-239846">right to claim&nbsp;asylum</a>, enshrined in international law, remains "under threat", Grandi said, without naming names.

"The reality is there has been no real systematic burden and responsibility-sharing," he said.

"We cannot go into a world in which responsibility-sharing&nbsp;means some&nbsp;states&nbsp;keep all the&nbsp;refugees&nbsp;and some&nbsp;states&nbsp;pay all the money. We cannot do that, that is why we have resettlement, why we have different types of partnerships.

"That is why&nbsp;asylum&nbsp;has to remain a reality in all parts of the world including in the rich countries and even&nbsp;more&nbsp;in rich countries that have so many responsibilities," Grandi said.

States have pledged more than $3 billion (£2.34 billion) to support refugees and about 50,000 resettlement places, the United Nations Refugee Agency said on Wednesday at the end of a ministerial conference.

States have pledged more than $3 billion (£2.34 billion) to support refugees and about 50,000 resettlement places, the United Nations Refugee Agency said on Wednesday at the end of a ministerial conference. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said that the Global Forum on Refugees had broadened responsibility, sharing for 25.9 million refugees who have fled war and persecution, mainly exiled in poor neighbouring countries. Grandi told a final news conference that the $3 billion was in addition to the World Bank and other pledges. The private sector pledged $250 million, but all the figures were preliminary, Grandi said. Germany, which has taken in hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees, pledged some 1.7 billion euros, Grandi said. The Inter-American Development Bank pledged $1 billion to communities hosting refugees in Latin America, while the World Bank announced it was expanding funding for projects supporting refugees by 10 per cent to $2.2 billion, Grandi added. States pledged 50,000 new resettlement and other legal pathways for refugees to remain in host countries, he said. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump said in September that it planned to allow only 18,000 refugees to resettle in the United States in the 2020 fiscal year, the lowest number in the history of the modern refugee programme. The right to claim asylum, enshrined in international law, remains "under threat", Grandi said, without naming names. "The reality is there has been no real systematic burden and responsibility-sharing," he said. "We cannot go into a world in which responsibility-sharing means some states keep all the refugees and some states pay all the money. We cannot do that, that is why we have resettlement, why we have different types of partnerships. "That is why asylum has to remain a reality in all parts of the world including in the rich countries and even more in rich countries that have so many responsibilities," Grandi said.

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