68.5 million people displaced

19.06.2018 |

As we entered 2018, 68,5 million people were displaced from persecution and armed conflict. That's 2.9 million more than the year before. This is the sixth consecutive year where the overall number of displaced people in the world has increased.

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Responsibility sharing can solve the refugee crisis

20.06.2018 |

A handful of countries are shouldering the burden of housing refugees, while rich countries increasingly refuse to take on the responsibility. How would the world look if there was a more just distribution of refugees?

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The world's most neglected displacement crises

07.06.2018 |

Some humanitarian crises receive less attention and funding than others. Every year, we present a list of the top ten countries that the world has forgotten.

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Reaching more communities in crisis

04.06.2018 |

Our annual report for 2017 shows how we expanded our work and were able to help more people than ever before.

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Global displacement overview

Africa

Conflict, violence and drought forces millions to flee.

The Middle East

Civilians bear the brunt of international power play

Asia

Hundreds of thousands have fled from violence in Myanmar and Afghanistan

America

Trump turns the screws on refugees.

Europe

Refugees are meeting closed doors

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Eden (20) Hitsats, Shire, Ethiopia.

Photo: Ingrid Prestetun/NRC

Europe|Eritrea|Ethiopia | 23. Jun 2018

Eden, 20, fled alone: "I regret that I didn’t say goodbye to my parents"

Eden didn’t tell her parents she was fleeing Eritrea and leaving them. She has dreams of reaching Europe and being reunited with her brother in Germany, but he doesn’t want his little sister to take the dangerous journey.

Cameroon | 22. Jun 2018

Five Things to Know About the Humanitarian Crisis in Far North Cameroon

Although Boko Haram’s insurgency is mostly associated with Nigeria, the group’s violence has affected several other countries in the region of the Lake Chad Basin. One of them is Cameroon.

Nigeria | 21. Jun 2018

What you should know about the humanitarian crisis in north-east Nigeria

Now in its ninth year, the violent conflict in north-east Nigeria has caused one of the most severe crises in the world, with 7.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

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THE KILLING OF PROTESTERS IN GAZA IS:

Bringing back the nightmares

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SYRIA

Mona returns to a country in ruins

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Following their father’s death and their mother’s remarriage, the grandparents are looking after their eight grandchildren. They fled the violence in ISIS-controlled Deir Az Zour and arrived in a camp in Hasakeh on November 23.
“I will be proud of them whatever they do. I want to be able to support them in whatever they choose”. Said the grandfather.
The grandmother wishes to go back home when it is safe. But “our house is destroyed” she said and the trip here will be too expensive.

Photo: NRC

Syria | 11. Jun 2018

I predicted 2018 would offer hope for Syrians – but I was painfully wrong

Afghanistan | 11. Jun 2018

Afghan electorate: Basic needs must be met before political progress can be ensured

Yemen | 21. Mar 2018

Donald Trump has a unique opportunity to help the Yemen crisis

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