Category: displaced

War, Natural Disasters Left Record 71 Million People Internally Displaced in 2022, Report Says

May 15, 2023
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The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1 million last year, according to a report released Thursday by the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. By the end of 2022, 5.9 million people had been forced to…

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Philippine Storm Death Tolls Climbs to 123 as Army Aids Search

April 14, 2022
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MANILA—The Philippine military pledged on Thursday to keep up search and rescue efforts after tropical storm Megi ripped through central areas this week, burying many under landslides and killing at least 123 people. Megi was the first cyclone this year to hit the Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,600 islands that sees an average…

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‘This Is Like a Nightmare’: Thousands Displaced as Floods Hit Bangladesh Rohingya Camps

July 31, 2021
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Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods in refugees camps displacing thousands of Rohingya Muslims in southeastern Bangladesh this week, U.N. and other officials said on Friday, with further heavy rainfall expected. At least six Rohingya, including three children, died in landslides and flooding while 15 Bangladeshis were killed and more than 200,000 stranded…

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China in Focus (Dec. 21): Thousands of Families Displaced in Beijing

December 21, 2020
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Doors to private property are broken down, furniture is thrown out of the house. Forced demolition continues in Beijing. The most celebrated entrepreneur in China is suffering a series of blows. It’s not the first time the Chinese Communist Party has tried to show him who’s boss. An increasingly widespread power shortage in China, demands…

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