Global costs of internal displacement reaches 20 bln USD a year: report (3)

Internally displaced children stand next to their tent in Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, on Jan. 12, 2021. The global costs of internal displacement has reached 20 billion U.S. dollars a year, compared to 13 billion dollars two years ago, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) said Tuesday. The increase is explained by a rise in the number of people living in internal displacement which had peaked by the end of 2019 and now stands at 51 million worldwide, the IDMC said in a report released Tuesday. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua)