On behalf of more than 1,900 humanitarian partners worldwide, the United Nations launched its global appeal for 2024. More than 180 million people need life-saving assistance and protection.
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On behalf of more than 1,900 humanitarian partners worldwide, the United Nations launched its global appeal for 2024. More than 180 million people need life-saving assistance and protection.
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More than 27 million children were driven into hunger and malnutrition by extreme weather events in countries heavily impacted by the climate crisis in 2022, which was a 135% jump from 2021.
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Internally displaced people who have access to adequate housing are over three times more likely to not rely on humanitarian aid and twice as likely to have a stable income, the report reveals.
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A 25% rise in food insecurity increases the risk of conflict by 36%, while a 25% increase in the number of people without access to clean water increases the likelihood of conflict by 18%, says IEP.
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A new report not only reveals the scale of the challenge of refugee education but also the extent of the potential of school-aged refugees when their access to education is secured.
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Report reveals that in 2022 only 981 out of 3,175 asylum applications lodged by unaccompanied children were accepted. The remainder were either rejected or remain in a lengthy asylum process.
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Blatant and systematic disregard for international humanitarian law and international human rights law continues to severely impact the protection of children.
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Millions of children are being denied their human right to an education and the numbers are growing. And even when they are able to go to school, the quality of education is simply too low.
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The number of movements in which people fled in search of safety and shelter - sometimes more than once - was also unprecedented in 2022, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
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A new ICRC/Norwegian Red Cross policy brief presents how the humanitarian consequences of environmental degradation and climate change are aggravated by armed conflict in the Near and Middle East.
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Millions of people from Ukraine, Afghanistan and across the Middle East could face a perilous winter as freezing temperatures add to the misery induced by spiralling prices and the climate crisis.
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According to Save the Children's new report, girls living in East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South Asia face the highest risk of child marriage linked to conflict.
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Child migrants are being systematically abused by police, smugglers, and other adults while travelling through the Balkans across Europe, with the majority witnessing or subjected to sexual abuse.
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The reduction in casualties last year has been overshadowed by the high number of cluster munition attacks during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the Cluster Munition Monitor 2022.
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The NRC report notes that the worsening effects of climate change threaten to be a significant compounding factor across many fragile and conflict-affected states.
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Up from 55 million a year earlier, the unprecedented figure is the result of new waves of violence, protracted conflict and disasters, according to IDMC's annual report.
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According to a new report from the UNCCD, more than 1.4 billion people were affected by drought from 2000 to 2019. This makes drought the disaster affecting the second-highest number of people.
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While the number of fatalities and people affected were below their 20-year averages, last year saw 432 disasters causing 10,492 deaths and approximately $252.1 billion in losses.
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Civilians accounted for 59% of casualties, with 11,102 deaths and injuries, marking 2021 as the first year since 2015 that a rise in civilian casualties was recorded.
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More than 7,300 minors from 60 countries live in Al Hol and Roj camps. Save the Children is calling on their governments to urgently step up efforts to repatriate them along with their families.