A displaced person is any person who has been obliged to migrate within the national territory, or even beyond it, abandoning his place of residence or his customary occupation, because his life, person or freedom has been jeopardized or is threatened owing to the existence of any of the following situations: internal armed conflict, internal disturbances or tensions, widespread violence, massive violations of human rights, natural or man-made disasters, or other circumstances originating from social and developmental processes and other situations liable drastically to disturb public order.
In the first five months of civil war in Sudan in 2023, 7.1 million had been displaced in their own land. According to the International Office of Migration, that represents “the highest [number] of any internally displaced population in the world, including Syria, Ukraine, and the Democratic Republic of Congo”.
By the end of 1992, more than 1.5 million people had been displaced by the war in Bosnia, including an estimated one-half of the Muslim population.
In 2017 there was the highest numbers of displaced people in history. Over 28,000 people are forced to flee their homes because of conflict or persecution every day. That’s nearly 20 people every minute.