Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024 (GRID-2024)

17.05.2024

Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024 (GRID-2024)

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       In 2023, the number of internally displaced people increased to 75.9 million, from 71.1 million in the preceding year, according to the Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024 (GRID-2024) released recently.

About Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024:

• It is an annual report published by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). It records internal displacements due to conflict and violence and disasters.

Highlights of GRID-2024:

• In 2023, the number of internally displaced people (IDP) increased to 75.9 million, from 71.1 million in the preceding year.
• Report says 7.7 million were displaced by disasters (one-fourth of it was caused by earthquakes) and 68.3 million by conflict and violence.
• Sudan, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Colombia, and Yemen host nearly half of the world’s IDPs.
• At 1 million, Sudan has the highest number of IDPs recorded for a single country.
• Most of the new displacement this year happened in Sudan, the Palestinian territories, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, accounting for almost two-thirds of all new displacement.

South Asia:

• The IDMC said around 3 million people were living in internal displacement as a result of conflict and violence across South Asia at the end of 2023, 80 percent of whom were in Afghanistan.
• Conflict and violence triggered 69,000 displacements in South Asia in 2023, with Manipur violence alone accounting for 67,000.
• It is the highest number of displacements triggered by conflict and violence in India since 2018.
• There is a sharp decline in IDP in 2023 from 2.5 million internal displacements due to natural disasters in India in 2022. Internal displacements by natural disasters in 2023 were 528,000.

Key Facts about Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC):

• It is the leading source of information and analysis on internal displacement.
• It defines internal displacement as “the number of forced movements of people within the borders of their country recorded during (a) year.
• It was set up in 1998 at the request of the international community to fill an important knowledge gap on the global scale and patterns of internal displacement.
• It is part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), an independent, non-governmental humanitarian organization.
• It plays a unique role as a global monitor and evidence-based advocate to influence policy and action by governments, UN agencies, donors, international organizations and NGOs.
• IDMC’s GRID is the official repository of data and analysis on internal displacement.

                                                      Source: Down to earth

Q - Consider the following statements:

Statement-I

Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024 is an annual report published by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

Statement-II

As of 2023, the number of people internally displaced due to disasters significantly outnumbers the number of people internally displaced due to conflict and violence.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I.

B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I.

C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect.

D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct.

Answer C