Infographic: Millions driven from homes despite COVID-19

The number of people forced to flee their homes has doubled in the past decade

Last updated: June 20, 2021 | 17:37

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File photo: Nigerian refugees receive food aid at the Minawao refugee camp in northern Cameroon.

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According to the annual report by the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, conflict and the impact of climate change in places such as Mozambique, Ethiopia’s Tigray region and Africa’s broad Sahel area were among the leading sources of new movements of refugees and internally displaced people in 2020.

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