Tohuku, Japan (2011)
492,000 displacements
Leyte, Phillipines (2014)
4,095,280 displacements
Nargakot, Nepal (2016)
2,622,733 displacements
Havana, Cuba (2017)
1,738,000 displacements
Damascus, Syria (2016)
Arsrapport, Palestine (2014)
Khogyani, Afghanistan (2018)
Azad Jammu, Pakistan (2014)
740,150 displacements
Leyte, Phillipines (2014)
4,095,280 displacements

Every year, millions of people are forced from their homes by conflict, violence, development projects, disasters and the effects of climate change. Some are able to return home and try to rebuild their lives. Others attempt perilous journeys across borders to seek refuge. The majority, however, remain trapped within their own countries waiting for the chance to go home.

These are internally displaced persons (IDPs): there are at least 40 million of them around the world today.

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