In 2023, the Emergency Events Database recorded 399 disasters related to natural hazards. The earthquake in Türkiye and Syrian was the most catastrophic in terms of mortality and economic damage.
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In 2023, the Emergency Events Database recorded 399 disasters related to natural hazards. The earthquake in Türkiye and Syrian was the most catastrophic in terms of mortality and economic damage.
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Drawn from first-hand accounts from medical staff and patients, a Médecins Sans Frontières report details the harrowing consequences of Europe's policy-made crisis at its borders and beyond.
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Unlike in previous years, there were no mega-disasters in industrialised countries that drove losses up. Instead, the loss statistics were characterised by the large number of severe regional storms.
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The toll is more than twice as high as the figure for the same period of 2023, the deadliest year for migrants at sea in Europe since 2016, said the UN migration agency.
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Christian Aid says disasters are worse for those countries which are unable to withstand them because of less resilient homes, and places which lack government investment in prevention or rebuilding.
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The analysis clearly shows how the climate crisis disproportionately affects those who have done least to cause it and are least able to withstand its most damaging effects, says Save the Children.
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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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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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The disaster in Derna should be a wake-up call for the world to fulfil the commitment on reducing emissions, to ensure climate adaptation funding and tackle the issues of loss and damage, says IFRC.
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The humanitarian needs in the central Mediterranean have been exacerbated by growing food insecurity in Africa, the conflicts in North Africa and disasters that have struck Libya and Morocco.
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So far in 2023, an estimated 11,600 children have made the dangerous crossing. The majority were alone or separated from their parents, according to the UN Children's Agency.
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Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2022, the highest number since 2017 when 4,255 deaths were recorded, according to IOM.
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A Save the Children study, "Girls on the Move in North Africa," found girl migrants, often fleeing violence at home, faced more threats and dangers on their journeys to or through North Africa.
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The increasing loss of life on the most dangerous maritime crossing comes amid reports of delays in state-led rescue responses and hindrance to the operations of NGO rescue ships in the Mediterranean.
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Three out of four people live in water-insecure countries. More people die from a lack of WASH services than water-related disasters, according to the new UN global water security assessment.
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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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If properly implemented, the declaration can positively shape the behaviour of militaries worldwide. Provisions include commitments to aid victims, facilitate humanitarian access and share data, among others.
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The political terror scale, political insecurity, neighbouring country relations, refugees and internally-displaced-persons reached their worst score since the inception of the Global Peace Index.
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Should the disruption of wheat supplies continue, states in North Africa might need to cut subsidies, which, in the past, has led to protests - even to the Arab Spring that saw sizeable displacement.