Rapport ONU

WORld at WaR Global Trends Forced Displacement in 2014 2 2014 IN REVIEW Trends at a glance GlObal FORcEd diSPlacEmEnt HaS SEEn accElERatEd gROwtH in 2014, OncE again REacHing UnPREcEdEntEd lEvElS. THE yEaR Saw tHE HigHESt diSPlacEmEnt On REcORd. By End-2014, 59.5 milliOn individUalS wERE FORcibly diSPlacEd wORldwidE aS a RESUlt OF PERSEcUtiOn, cOnFlict, gEnERalizEd viOlEncE, OR HUman RigHtS viOlatiOnS. THiS iS 8.3 milliOn PERSOnS mORE tHan tHE yEaR bEFORE (51.2 milliOn) and tHE HigHESt annUal incREaSE in a SinglE yEaR. 13.9 milliOn An estimated 13.9 million individuals werenewly displaced due to conflict or persecution in 2014. This includes 11.0 million persons newly displaced within the borders of their own country, (1) the highest figure on record. The other 2.9 million individuals were new refugees. 59.5 milliOn FORcibly diSPlacEdwORldwidE 19.5 millionrefugees 38.2 millioninternally (2) displaced persons 1.8 millionasylum-seekers (1)Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). (2)Ibid. UNHCR Globàl TrendS 2014 42,500 The number of individualsforced to leave their homes per day due to conflict and persecutionincreased four-fold in four years. During 2014, conflict and persecution forced an average of 42,500 individuals per day to leave their homes and seek protection elsewhere, either within the borders of their own country or in other countries.