Millions are displaced by conflict, persecution and disasters – but their stories are too often overlooked by the media and world leaders.
How many articles have you seen about the world’s most neglected displacement crisis — in Cameroon? Have you heard about the crisis in Ethiopia, where conflict and climate shocks left over 10 million people in need of food assistance in 2024? Did you know that almost 600,000 people were displaced by armed conflict and disasters in Mozambique at the end of 2024?
The lack of headlines reflects a lack of political interest. While needs escalate, international efforts to address the root causes of these crises stall or are simply abandoned. And it’s much harder for humanitarian organisations, like the Norwegian Refugee Council, to attract funding to support those in need. As a result, millions of displaced people remain unseen, unsupported, and increasingly unreachable.
We’re here to tell you about the displacement crises no-one talks about. Each year, we publish a report of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world.
The purpose is to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines. People who receive little or no assistance, and who live amid crises that never become the centre of attention for international diplomacy efforts. You may not hear about them in the news, but we ask you to listen.
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MethodologyThe list of ten countries is compiled using a methodology based on the key characteristics of neglect, namely: funding coverage, media attention and political will. Read more about our methodology here. |