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IDMC’s Mid-year update reveals the most significant new internal displacements associated with conflict, violence and disasters around the world between January and June 2020.

The report serves as an important temperature gauge of global displacement halfway through the year, looking ahead to the trends and patterns expected in the months to come.

AT A GLANCE

• 14.6 million new internal displacements across 127 countries in the first six months of 2020. 
• Conflict and violence displacement increased sharply in a number of countries. 
• Disasters continue to trigger the majority of new displacements worldwide. 
• The UN Secretary General’s call for a global ceasefire to focus efforts on tackling the Covid-19 pandemic was taken up in a number of countries, but only briefly. 
• Most displacement that could happen in 2020 is still to be accounted for. 
• Measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 have impeded the collection of displacement data. 

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