People displaced by disasters: global estimates 2012
This year’s report presents new findings for displacement during 2012 and analysis drawn from five years of data compiled by IDMC. It presents global estimates for disaster-induced displacement associated with hazards that rapidly impact communities or are experienced as sudden triggers to forced movement. These include both weather hazards, such as floods, storms and wildfires, and geophysical hazards, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It calls for adequate evidence to inform policy making, response and risk reduction measures by local, national and international actors.
It reveals that 32.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 by disasters such as floods, storms and earthquakes. While Asia and west and central Africa bore the brunt, 1.3 million were displaced in rich countries, with the USA particularly affected. It is intended to continue to raise awareness and inform the work of governments and non-governmental actors to better address the humanitarian, development and human rights concerns faced by those displaced – and at risk of being displaced – by disasters.
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