1)An estimated 13.9 million people were newly displaced due to conflict or persecution, including 2.9 million new refugees. By the end of 2014 the number of people assisted or protected by UNHCR had reached a record high of 46.7 million people
2)About 38.2 million people were forcibly uprooted people and displaced within their own country and are known as internally displaced people (IDPs).
3)Continued fighting since 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic brought the number of IDPs in that country to 7.6 million, the highest number anywhere in the world
4)Iraq witnessed massive new internal displacement as a result of the Islamic State (or ‘ISIS’) offensive across multiple parts of the country. In addition to the 1 million existing IDPs who had fled violence in previous years, at least 2.6 million persons were newly displaced during 2014, bringing the year-end figure to 3.6 million IDPs
5)Renewed fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo displaced one million people, bringing the total number of IDPs in the country to 2.8 million
6)In the Central African Republic, around 438,000 people remain internally displaced, half a million less than at the end of 2013
7)The conflict in South Sudan, which erupted in December 2013, displaced more than 1.5 million individuals within the country. Despite the return of some 200,000 IDPs during the year, the number of IDPs at the end of 2014 was estimated at 1.5 million
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