The number of people displaced from their homes worldwide is estimated to have exceeded 114 million, the United Nations said Wednesday — a record figure.
The main drivers in the first half of 2023 were the conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo; a prolonged humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan; and a combination of drought, floods and insecurity in Somalia, UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency, said in a statement.
"The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights violations globally is likely to have exceeded 114 million at the end of September," the agency said.