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• The reason for this displacement include violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change.
  
  
• The UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends report, covering the first six months of this year, revealed a surge from 82.4 million largely due to internal displacement.
  
  
• More people are fleeing due to multiple active conflicts around the world, especially in Africa.
  
  
• It also noted that COVID-19 border restrictions continue to limit asylum access in many locations.
  
  
• The Democratic Republic of the Congo witnessed 1.3 million displacements and Ethiopia, 1.2 million, the report detailed. Meanwhile, violence in Myanmar and Afghanistan also saw an increase in the number-driven to leave home.