Internally Displaced in IGAD Region Tops Eight Million, Reports IOMBy Staff ReporterOctober 8, 2019 (Ezega.com) -- The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region has hit over eight million during the first half year of 2019, the IOM announced. The regional bloc, in its consultative meeting which is underway in Addis Ababa, disclosed that the IDPs, which represent one fifth of the global population of internally displaced persons, are facing critical humanitarian, protection and reintegration needs. Approximately 9.2 million IDPs resided in the IGAD region last year even though millions of other internal displaced people are not systematically accounted for or monitored. According to Achieng, over 8 million people remain internally displaced in East Africa, out of which 3.5 million refugees and asylum-seekers were hosted in the region due to conflict and climate events put together. “Preventing displacement, protecting IDPs and achieving durable solutions for internal displacement remains a major global challenge, not just for IGAD region,” he pointed out.

Source: Ethiopian News October 08, 2019 11:15 UTC