As of mid-2023, 110 million people were forcibly displaced globally. Mass migration can carry destabilization elsewhere.
Newly arrived Sudanese refugees cook food outside a makeshift shelter near a relocation camp on April 24, 2024, near Adre, Chad.
A new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center found that recent conflicts in Sudan, Gaza and the Democratic Republic of Congo accounted for almost two-thirds of new conflict displacement. Internal displacement has reached a record-breaking high ofThe scale is alarming. Mass migration can carry destabilization elsewhere. Just consider the impact of Europe’s refugee crisis in 2015 on European politics.
Even once these conflicts end, the destruction and uncertainty remain. Many factors will prevent people from returning home. Often, homes have been destroyed, or others have moved in and taken claim. Depending on a conflict’s outcome, members of displaced communities may not feel safe or welcome to return. They may lack the financial capacity to rebuild their lives, or their homes may lack economic opportunity to do so.
These people were resilient and determined as well — one would have to be to even reach these camps despite the obstacles and danger. I couldn’t help but wonder how one musters the courage to face each day with such uncertainty and trauma.
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